Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Shrub
Flowering Plants
Origin
Europe
Tropical Asia
Types
-
-
Number of Varieties
300
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40000
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Habitat
Cultivated Beds, Waste areas
Rocky Mountains, wastelands
USDA Hardiness Zone
6-98-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
-
Sunset Zone
-
-
Habit
Clump-Forming
-
Plant Size
Minimum Height
40.00 cm60.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.00 cm40.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Yellow
White
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
White
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Gray Green
Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green, Gray Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Arrowhead
Maple shaped
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Early Spring, Spring
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Very Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Moist, Rich
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
-
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer
Spring, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Bedding, Container, Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Cuttings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires regular watering
Water Deeply
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
-
Soil Type
Moist
Moist, Rich
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Butterflies
-
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
-
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Anxiety, Cough, Insomnia, Rheumatism, Wounds
-
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves
Flowers
Other Uses
Showy Purposes
Used As Food
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
-
Vegetable
Botanical Name
LACTUCA serriola
Abelmoschus manihot
Common Name
Compass Plant, Horse Thistle, Prickly Lettuce
Aibika, hibiscus spinach, ibika, bele
In Hindi
Prickly Lettuce
aibika
In German
Feigensalat
Maniok-Bisameibisch
In French
laitue scariole
L'Aibika
In Spanish
lechuga espinosa
Aibika
In Greek
φραγκοσυκιές Μαρούλι
aibika
In Portuguese
alface espinhosa
Aibika
In Polish
Kolczasta Sałata
aibika
In Latin
Opuntia Lactuca
aibika
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Malvales
Family
Asteraceae
Malvaceae
Genus
Lactuca
Abelmoschus
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
-
Tribe
Cichorieae
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
10015
1
27800
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