Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Vegetable
Epiphyte
Origin
Egypt
Central America, South America
Types
Lactuca sativa
S. undulata , Laelias
Number of Varieties
1020
0
40000
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Habitat
Cold Regions
subtropical regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
-9999-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
10-7
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
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Rosette/Stemless
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
510.00 cm60.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
7.60 cm60.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
-
-
Flower Color Modifier
-
-
Fruit Color
-
Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
-
-
Leaf Color in Summer
-
-
Leaf Color in Fall
-
-
Leaf Color in Winter
-
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Spoon Shaped
Oval
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Partial Sun
Growth Rate
-
Slow
Type of Soil
-
-
The pH of Soil
-
-
Soil Drainage
-
Well drained
Bloom Time
-
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
-
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Container, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Divison, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Needs Very high moisture
Never Over-water
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
-
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Partial 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
Myrmecophila
Plant Tolerance
Drought
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
Bold
-
Foliage Sheen
-
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Aphids, Caterpillar, Snails, Whiteflies
-
Allergy
Food Allergy, Hives, Swollen Lips
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
along a porch, deck or patio, Borders, Showy Purposes
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
-
Other Uses
Culinary use, Food for animals, Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food
-
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Vegetable
Container, Hanging Basket, Houseplant, Tropical
Botanical Name
Lactuca sativa
SCHOMBURGKIA undulata
Common Name
Lettuce
Orchid, Schomburgkia
In Hindi
सलाद
schomburgkia
In German
Salat
schomburgkia
In French
Salade
schomburgkia
In Spanish
Lechuga
schomburgkia
In Greek
Μαρούλι
schomburgkia
In Portuguese
Alface
schomburgkia
In Polish
Sałata
schomburgkia
In Latin
lactuca
schomburgkia
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Asparagales
Family
Asteraceae
Orchidaceae
Genus
Lactuca
Schomburgkia
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
-
Tribe
Cichorieae
Epidendreae
Subfamily
-
Epidendroideae
Number of Species
10025
1
27800
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