Life Span
Perennial
Annual
Type
Sedge or Rush
Vegetable
Origin
World/Pandemic
Egypt
Types
Cyperus esculentus
Lactuca sativa
Number of Varieties
910
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40000
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Habitat
Wild
Cold Regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
5-12-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-1
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Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Mat-forming
Rosette/Stemless
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm510.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.00 cm7.60 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Orange, Gold, Bronze, Tan
-
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
Dark Brown
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Yellow green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Yellow green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Yellow green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Green, Yellow green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
V-Shaped
Spoon Shaped
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Very Fast
-
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
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The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
-
Soil Drainage
Average
-
Bloom Time
Summer
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
-
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground
How to Plant?
creeping rhizomes, Seedlings, Tubers
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires consistently moist soil
Average Water Needs, Needs Very high moisture
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
-
Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
-
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
10-10-10, All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Rust
Aphids, Armyworm, Beetles, Leafminers, Molecrickets, Red blotch, Thripes, Whiteflies
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Insignificant
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Bold
Foliage Sheen
-
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Pigs
Aphids, Caterpillar, Snails, Whiteflies
Allergy
Oral Allergy
Food Allergy, Hives, Swollen Lips
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
-
Beauty Benefits
Good for skin, Protects from sun damage
Glowing Skin, Improve skin tone, Skin Problems
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Aphrodisiac, Digestive, Diuretic, Tonic
Fiber, Insomnia, Rich in protein
Part of Plant Used
Fruits
Leaves, Seeds, Stem
Other Uses
For making oil, used for weaving hats
Culinary use, Food for animals, Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
-
Edible, Vegetable
Botanical Name
CYPERUS esculentus
Lactuca sativa
Common Name
Nut Sedge,chufa sedge, nut grass, yellow nutsedge
Lettuce
In Hindi
अखरोट सेज
सलाद
In German
Nuss -Segge
Salat
In French
souchet
Salade
In Spanish
tuerca de la juncia
Lechuga
In Greek
καρύδι σπαθόχορτο
Μαρούλι
In Portuguese
Nut Sedge
Alface
In Polish
nakrętka turzyca
Sałata
In Latin
nut Sedge
lactuca
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Poales
Asterales
Family
Cyperaceae
Asteraceae
Genus
Cyperus
Lactuca
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
Cypereae
Cichorieae
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
105100
1
27800
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