Life Span
Annual
Annual
Type
Vegetable
Vegetable
Origin
Mediterranean
Egypt
Types
Sugar Bon pea, Super Sugar Snap bean
Lactuca sativa
Number of Varieties
810
0
40000
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Habitat
Fields, Loamy soils
Cold Regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
-9999-9999
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
Vining/Climbing
Rosette/Stemless
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm510.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
4.20 cm7.60 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Pink, Lavender
-
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
Green
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Sea Green, Gray Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
-
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Blue Green, Gray Green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Green, Blue Green, Gray Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Egg-shaped
Spoon Shaped
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Fall, Winter
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
-
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
-
The pH of Soil
Neutral
-
Soil Drainage
Well drained
-
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Spring, Late Spring, Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter, Winter, Late Winter
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Dry Conditions, Salt and Soil Compaction, Variety of soil types
-
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Allow to dry out slightly between watering, Needs watering once a week
Average Water Needs, Needs Very high moisture
In Summer
Consistently
Lots of watering
In Spring
Adequately
Moderate
In Winter
Less Watering
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Slightly Acidic
-
Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
-
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Prune in flowering season, Remove damaged leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
Compost, fertilize in winter
10-10-10, All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Downy mildew, Gall Insects, Leaf curl, Peach Leaf Curl, Powdery mildew, Root rot
Aphids, Armyworm, Beetles, Leafminers, Molecrickets, Red blotch, Thripes, Whiteflies
Plant Tolerance
Light Frost
Drought
Flowers
Showy
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
Medium
Bold
Foliage Sheen
Matte
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
Aphids, Caterpillar, Snails, Whiteflies
Allergy
Diarrhea, Intestinal gas
Food Allergy, Hives, Swollen Lips
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
As decorated salad
-
Beauty Benefits
Remove blemishes, Skin Problems
Glowing Skin, Improve skin tone, Skin Problems
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Fixes Nitrogen, Food for animals, Very little waste
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
Fiber, Insomnia, Rich in protein
Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Seeds
Leaves, Seeds, Stem
Other Uses
Cosmetics, Making Shampoo, Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food
Culinary use, Food for animals, Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Edible, Herb, Vegetable, Vine
Edible, Vegetable
Botanical Name
PISUM sativum
Lactuca sativa
Common Name
Garden Pea
Lettuce
In Hindi
चीनी मटर
सलाद
In German
Kefe
Salat
In French
Erbse
Salade
In Spanish
guisante
Lechuga
In Greek
μπιζέλι
Μαρούλι
In Portuguese
ervilha
Alface
In Polish
groch
Sałata
In Latin
pea
lactuca
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Asterales
Family
Fabaceae
Asteraceae
Genus
Pisum
Lactuca
Clade
Dicotyledonous
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
-
Cichorieae
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
150100
1
27800
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