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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