1 What is
1.1 Life Span
Annual
1.2 Type
Shrub
1.3 Origin
Europe
1.4 Types
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Cultivated Beds, Waste areas
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
Not Available
1.8 Sunset Zone
Not Available
1.9 Habit
Clump-Forming
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
2.1.2 Minimum Width
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
Yellow
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
2.2.3 Fruit Color
White
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Gray Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green, Gray Green
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Not Available
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Arrowhead
2.4 Thorns
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3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Not Available
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
Very Fast
3.2.3 Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Average
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
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3.3 Tolerances
Drought
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Ground
4.2 How to Plant?
Seedlings
4.3 Plant Maintenance
Medium
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Requires regular watering
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
Moderate
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Neutral
4.5.2 Soil Type
Moist
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
4.10 Plant Tolerance
Drought
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
Showy
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
Single
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
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5.2.2 Edible Fruit
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5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
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5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
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5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
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5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
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5.4 Showy Foliage
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5.5 Showy Bark
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5.6 Foliage Texture
Medium
5.7 Foliage Sheen
Matte
5.8 Evergreen
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5.9 Invasive
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5.10 Self-Sowing
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5.11 Attracts
Butterflies
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
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6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Anxiety, Cough, Insomnia, Rheumatism, Wounds
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves
6.2.3 Other Uses
Showy Purposes
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
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6.5 Garden Design
Not Available
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
LACTUCA serriola
7.2 Common Name
Compass Plant, Horse Thistle, Prickly Lettuce
7.2.1 In Hindi
Prickly Lettuce
7.2.2 In German
Feigensalat
7.2.3 In French
laitue scariole
7.2.4 In Spanish
lechuga espinosa
7.2.5 In Greek
φραγκοσυκιές Μαρούλι
7.2.6 In Portuguese
alface espinhosa
7.2.7 In Polish
Kolczasta Sałata
7.2.8 In Latin
Opuntia Lactuca
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
Plantae
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
Asterales
8.5 Family
Asteraceae
8.6 Genus
Lactuca
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
8.8 Tribe
Cichorieae
8.9 Subfamily
Not Available
8.10 Number of Species