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Prickly Lettuce
Prickly Lettuce




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About Prickly Lettuce

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What is

Life Span

Annual

Type

Shrub

Origin

Europe

Types

-

Number of Varieties

30
Rank: 87 (Overall)
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Habitat

Cultivated Beds, Waste areas

USDA Hardiness Zone

6-9
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AHS Heat Zone

-

Sunset Zone

-

Habit

Clump-Forming

Information

Plant Size

Minimum Height

40.00 cm
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Minimum Width

30.00 cm
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Plant Color

Flower Color

Yellow

Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

Fruit Color

White

Leaf Color in Spring

Light Green, Gray Green

Leaf Color in Summer

Light Green, Gray Green

Leaf Color in Fall

-

Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

Shape

Leaf Shape

Arrowhead

Thorns

6% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Season

Plant Season

-

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Growth Rate

Very Fast

Type of Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

The pH of Soil

Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

Soil Drainage

Average

Bloom Time

Late Spring, Early Summer

Repeat Bloomer

68% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Tolerances

Drought

Care

Where to Plant?

Ground

How to Plant?

Seedlings

Plant Maintenance

Medium

Watering Plants

Watering Requirements

Requires regular watering

In Summer

Lots of watering

In Spring

Moderate

In Winter

Average Water

Soil

Soil pH

Neutral

Soil Type

Moist

Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

Sun Exposure

Full Sun

Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

Plant Tolerance

Drought

Facts

Flowers

Showy

Flower Petal Number

Single

Fruits

Showy Fruit

18% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Edible Fruit

10% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrance

Fragrant Flower

36% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrant Fruit

4% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrant Leaf

27% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrant Bark/Stem

26% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Showy Foliage

44% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Showy Bark

No - Annual Plants Garden Plants has it !

Foliage Texture

Medium

Foliage Sheen

Matte

Evergreen

2% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Invasive

15% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

Self-Sowing

87% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

Attracts

Butterflies

Allergy

-

Benefits

Uses

Aesthetic Uses

Showy Purposes

Beauty Benefits

-

Edible Uses

71% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

Environmental Uses

Air purification

Plant Benefits

Medicinal Uses

Anxiety, Cough, Insomnia, Rheumatism, Wounds

Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Leaves

Other Uses

Showy Purposes

Used As Indoor Plant

33% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Used As Outdoor Plant

All - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

Garden Design

-

Scientific Name

Botanical Name

LACTUCA serriola

Common Name

Compass Plant, Horse Thistle, Prickly Lettuce

In Hindi

Prickly Lettuce

In German

Feigensalat

In French

laitue scariole

In Spanish

lechuga espinosa

In Greek

φραγκοσυκιές Μαρούλι

In Portuguese

alface espinhosa

In Polish

Kolczasta Sałata

In Latin

Opuntia Lactuca

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Lactuca

Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

Tribe

Cichorieae

Subfamily

-

Number of Species

100
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Properties of Prickly Lettuce

Want to know the properties of Prickly Lettuce? Then you are at the right place. Here you'll know everything about every plant. Knowing the properties of garden plants is very interesting. Prickly Lettuce is a flowering plantalso, its flowers are non fragrant. Many garden plants possess some allergies. One should know everything about before planting. It has allergic reactions which are . Prickly Lettuce Benefits are as follows:

  • Medicinal use: Anxiety, Cough, Insomnia, Rheumatism and Wounds

  • Part of plant used: Flowers and Leaves

It is always necessary for every botanist to study and know all the characteristics of every plant. Scientific classification which includes kingdom, clade, genus, tribe and order are important parameters to understand for every botanist. The gardener must know the properties like the kind of soil required, the amount of water needed, fertilization and pruning required for respective plant. All these properties differ according to plant.

Prickly Lettuce Physical Information

Physical information is must while knowing everything about Prickly Lettuce. Physical information includes the exterior appearance of the plant. The appearance of the plants is well considered factor, especially when you want your garden to be very attractive. Learn about color of leaves and flowers which differs even from the same species of plants. Prickly Lettuce physical information is as follows: 40.00 cm tall and 30.00 cm wide. Its leaf shape is Arrowhead. Also it has following color specifications:

  • Flower color: Yellow
  • Leaf color: Light Green and Gray Green

Care of Prickly Lettuce

Taking Prickly Lettuce Care is very important. Pruning, fertilizing, timely watering is very important care factors of any plant. If proper care is taken, results are refreshing and green plants which have a healthy life. Hence every garden plant care should be taken properly. Care of Prickly Lettuce include pruning, which should be done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. The watering done in summer is Lots of watering and in winter is Average Water. It needs Full Sun, Partial Sun for its proper growth.

Season and care of Prickly Lettuce

Many a times, care of plants is dependent on the season of the plant. Hence season and care of Prickly Lettuce is important if you are planning to plant it in your garden. It is a Annual plant. Prickly Lettuce is a very important plant from Annual Plants. There are 30 varieties of this plant, among which some popular species are: -. This plant's habitat is Cultivated Beds and Waste areas and it comes in the hardiness zone 6-9. If you want to keep your garden blooming for all year, grow different plants which blooms in different seasons. Also, understanding habitat of plants is necessary to know, it helps to adjust the environment of the plant like the type of soil and temperature needed for it, according to region it originated from.