Life Span
Annual
Biennial
Type
Vegetable
Perennial
Origin
Egypt
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Types
Lactuca sativa
Abbotswood potentilla, Daydawn potentilla, Klondike potentilla
Number of Varieties
1025
0
40000
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Habitat
Cold Regions
Clay soil areas, Rocky areas, Wet ground
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99993-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
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10-1
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
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
Habit
Rosette/Stemless
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Plant Size
Minimum Height
510.00 cm91.44 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
7.60 cm91.44 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
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Orange, Yellow
Flower Color Modifier
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-
Fruit Color
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-
Leaf Color in Spring
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Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Summer
-
-
Leaf Color in Fall
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-
Leaf Color in Winter
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Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Spoon Shaped
Small elliptic
Thorns
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✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
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Early Fall, Spring
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial shade, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
-
-
Type of Soil
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Well drained
The pH of Soil
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Slightly Alkaline
Soil Drainage
-
-
Bloom Time
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Late Summer, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
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-
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Stem Planting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Needs Very high moisture
Average Water Needs, Needs watering once a week, Water less during winter, Water more in summer, Water when soil is dry
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
-
Soil Type
-
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
-
-
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Prune in early spring, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
10-10-10, All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Apply 10-10-10 amount
Pests and Diseases
Aphids, Armyworm, Beetles, Leafminers, Molecrickets, Red blotch, Thripes, Whiteflies
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
-
-
Edible Fruit
-
-
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
-
-
Fragrant Fruit
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-
Fragrant Leaf
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-
Fragrant Bark/Stem
-
-
Showy Foliage
-
-
Showy Bark
-
-
Foliage Texture
Bold
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Foliage Sheen
-
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
-
-
Self-Sowing
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-
Attracts
Aphids, Caterpillar, Snails, Whiteflies
Bees, Butterflies
Allergy
Food Allergy, Hives, Swollen Lips
Avoid during Pregnancy
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
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Showy Purposes, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.
Beauty Benefits
Glowing Skin, Improve skin tone, Skin Problems
Good for skin, Skin cleanser, Skin Problems
Edible Uses
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✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification, Prevent Soil Erosion, Provides ground cover, soil erosion prevension on hill slopes
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Fiber, Insomnia, Rich in protein
Antibiotic, Astringent, Diarrhea, Haemostatic, Hypoglycaemic, Mildly painful menstruation, Odontalgic, Premenstrual syndrome, Swelling
Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Seeds, Stem
Flowers, Root
Other Uses
Culinary use, Food for animals, Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food
Cosmetics, Showy Purposes, Used as a dye
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Vegetable
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Botanical Name
Lactuca sativa
POTENTILLA
Common Name
Lettuce
Potentilla
In Hindi
सलाद
Potentilla plant
In German
Salat
Potentilla Pflanze
In French
Salade
plante Potentilla
In Spanish
Lechuga
planta Potentilla
In Greek
Μαρούλι
φυτό potentilla
In Portuguese
Alface
planta Potentilla
In Polish
Sałata
Potentilla roślin
In Latin
lactuca
Potentilla herba
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Vascular plant
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Rosales
Family
Asteraceae
Rosaceae
Genus
Lactuca
Potentilla
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Tribe
Cichorieae
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Subfamily
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Rosoideae
Number of Species
100300
1
27800
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