Life Span
Annual
Annual and Perennial
Type
Vegetable
Aquatics
Origin
Egypt
World/Pandemic
Types
Lactuca sativa
Utricularia graminifolia, Utricularia vulgaris, Utricularia gibba
Number of Varieties
10220
0
40000
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Habitat
Cold Regions
Lakes, stream banks
USDA Hardiness Zone
-9999-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
-
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
21,22
Habit
Rosette/Stemless
Spreading
Plant Size
Minimum Height
510.00 cm10.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
7.60 cm5.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
-
Yellow, Purple, Lavender
Flower Color Modifier
-
-
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
-
-
Leaf Color in Summer
-
-
Leaf Color in Fall
-
-
Leaf Color in Winter
-
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Spoon Shaped
Orbicular
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
-
Medium
Type of Soil
-
-
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
-
-
Bloom Time
-
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Wet Site
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
In Water
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Divison, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Needs Very high moisture
Requires 4 to 8 inches of water above the soil line
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
-
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
-
-
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Cut away fading foliage, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
10-10-10, All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Aphids, Armyworm, Beetles, Leafminers, Molecrickets, Red blotch, Thripes, Whiteflies
hair algae
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Wet Site
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
Fine
Foliage Sheen
-
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
-
Sometimes
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Aphids, Caterpillar, Snails, Whiteflies
Insects
Allergy
Food Allergy, Hives, Swollen Lips
Avoid during Pregnancy
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
Showy Purposes, Water gardening
Beauty Benefits
Glowing Skin, Improve skin tone, Skin Problems
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Fiber, Insomnia, Rich in protein
Diuretic, Vulnerary
Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Seeds, Stem
Leaves, Root
Other Uses
Culinary use, Food for animals, Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food
Food for animals, Showy Purposes
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Vegetable
Bog Garden, Container, Water Gardens, Wildflower
Botanical Name
Lactuca sativa
UTRICULARIA
Common Name
Lettuce
Bladderwort
In Hindi
सलाद
Bladderwort plant
In German
Salat
bladderwort Pflanze
In French
Salade
plante Bladderwort
In Spanish
Lechuga
planta bladderwort
In Greek
Μαρούλι
φυτό υδρόβιο φυτό
In Portuguese
Alface
planta bladderwort
In Polish
Sałata
Bladderwort roślin
In Latin
lactuca
bladderwort herba
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Scrophulariales
Family
Asteraceae
Lentibulariaceae
Genus
Lactuca
Utricularia
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
Cichorieae
-
Subfamily
-
Pitcairnioideae
Number of Species
100220
1
27800
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