Lettuce
ಲೆಟಿಸ್सलाद पत्ताசுருள்முட்டைக் கீரை
Lactuca sativa L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 23 cm
Asteraceae
Also called Garden lettuce, Romaine Lettuce
Formerly Lactuca capitata, Lactuca crispa, Lactuca esculenta, Lactuca laciniata, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or biennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- As a cultigen from W. AsiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- root
- laa-goo, Litsugas, Fú-mak
- Spanish
- lechuga, lechuga romana
- Indonesian
- Selada
- Chinese
- 萵苣, 生菜, 唐生菜
- French
- Laitue cultivée
- Portuguese
- Alface
- Hawaiian
- Lekuke
- German
- Gartensalat, Kopfsalat
- Finnish
- Lehtisalaatti, ruokasalaatti
- Afrikaans
- Blaarslaai
- Greek
- Μαρούλι
- Russian
- Латук посевной
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 1.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Lactuca sativa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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