Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Vegetable
Shrub
Origin
Egypt
North America, United States, Northeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic United States, Southeastern United States, Canada
Types
Lactuca sativa
Red chokeberry, Purple chokeberry
Number of Varieties
103
0
40000
👆🏻
Habitat
Cold Regions
Anthropogenic, Boggy areas, Cliffs, Fens, Swamps, Terrestrial, Wet lands, Woodlands
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99993-8
0
99
👆🏻
AHS Heat Zone
-
8-1
Sunset Zone
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
A2, A3, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7
Habit
Rosette/Stemless
Thicket/Colonizing
Plant Size
Minimum Height
510.00 cm182.88 cm
0
3900
👆🏻
Minimum Width
7.60 cm182.88 cm
0
6350
👆🏻
Plant Color
Flower Color
-
-
Flower Color Modifier
-
-
Fruit Color
-
Purplish-black
Leaf Color in Spring
-
-
Leaf Color in Summer
-
-
Leaf Color in Fall
-
-
Leaf Color in Winter
-
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Spoon Shaped
Elliptic
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
-
Medium
Type of Soil
-
Clay, Loam
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
-
Average
Bloom Time
-
Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
-
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Cuttings, Divison, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Needs Very high moisture
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
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
Soil Drainage Capacity
-
Average
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune after flowering, Remove branches that rub together, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove diseased branches by the tool's blades dipped into the alcohol solution
Fertilizers
10-10-10, All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
10-10-10, All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Apply N-P-K
Pests and Diseases
Aphids, Armyworm, Beetles, Leafminers, Molecrickets, Red blotch, Thripes, Whiteflies
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
-
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Bold
-
Foliage Sheen
-
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
-
Sometimes
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Aphids, Caterpillar, Snails, Whiteflies
-
Allergy
Food Allergy, Hives, Swollen Lips
Anaphylaxis
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
Glowing Skin, Improve skin tone, Skin Problems
Good for skin
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification, Food for birds, Wildlife
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Fiber, Insomnia, Rich in protein
anti-cancer, Antioxidants, Cold
Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Seeds, Stem
Fruits
Other Uses
Culinary use, Food for animals, Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food
Pectin
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Vegetable
Foundation, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
Lactuca sativa
ARONIA melanocarpa
Common Name
Lettuce
Black Chokeberry
In Hindi
सलाद
Black Chokeberry Shrub
In German
Salat
Schwarz Aronia Strauch
In French
Salade
Noir Chokeberry Arbuste
In Spanish
Lechuga
Chokeberry negro Arbusto
In Greek
Μαρούλι
Μαύρο Chokeberry θάμνων
In Portuguese
Alface
Chokeberry preto Arbusto
In Polish
Sałata
Krzew aronii
In Latin
lactuca
Lichen Frutex
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Rosales
Family
Asteraceae
Rosaceae
Genus
Lactuca
Aronia
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Tribe
Cichorieae
Maleae
Subfamily
-
Amygdaloideae
Number of Species
1003
1
27800
👆🏻