Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Vegetable
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Origin
Egypt
Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia
Types
Lactuca sativa
tecolate strain
Number of Varieties
102
0
40000
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Habitat
Cold Regions
Lawn, Temperate Regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99997-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
12-1
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
21,22
Habit
Rosette/Stemless
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
510.00 cm25.40 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
7.60 cm10.20 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
-
White, Yellow, Red, Purple, Orange, Pink
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
-
Blue Green
Leaf Color in Summer
-
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Spoon Shaped
Palmate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
-
Fast
Type of Soil
-
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
-
Well drained
Bloom Time
-
Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings
From bulbs, Seedlings, Transplanting, Vegetative Reproduction
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Needs Very high moisture
Keep the Soil well drained, Requires plenty of water during the growing season
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
-
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
-
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
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
-
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
-
Single, Double, Semi-Double
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Bold
Medium
Foliage Sheen
-
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Aphids, Caterpillar, Snails, Whiteflies
Insects, pollinators
Allergy
Food Allergy, Hives, Swollen Lips
Skin irritation
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
along a porch, deck or patio, Bouquets, Cut Flowers, Hanging Basket
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
-
Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Seeds, Stem
Flowers
Other Uses
Culinary use, Food for animals, Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food
Basketary, deer resistant, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Vegetable
Bedding Plant, Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
Lactuca sativa
RANUNCULUS asiaticus
Common Name
Lettuce
Garden Ranunculus, Persian Buttercup
In Hindi
सलाद
Persian Buttercup
In German
Salat
Asiatischer Hahnenfuß
In French
Salade
Renoncule des fleuristes
In Spanish
Lechuga
Persian Buttercup
In Greek
Μαρούλι
Persian Buttercup
In Portuguese
Alface
ranúnculo
In Polish
Sałata
Jaskier azjatycki
In Latin
lactuca
Persian Buttercup
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Vascular plant
Class
Magnoliopsida
-
Order
Asterales
Ranunculales
Family
Asteraceae
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Lactuca
Ranunculus
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
Cichorieae
Ranunculeae
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
100600
1
27800
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