Indian lettuce

Indian lettuce

The name Indian lettuce has been used to refer to a number of plants used as leaf vegetables used by Native American or Indian people, including but likely not limited to:

* "Lactuca indica"
* "Claytonia perfoliata" (miner's lettuce)
* "Claytonia sibirica" (candy flower)
* "Chenopodium californicum"


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