Lactuca sativa
Lettuce, Salad, Garden Lettuce, Cultivated Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce, Leitís
Description
An annual herbaceous plant cultivated mainly for its leaves or leaf-stalks of variable colour, size and flavour depending on the variety, which are widely used in cooking. It prefers temperate climates and well-drained soils.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lactuca
- Species
- Lactuca sativa
Synonyms (6)
- Lactuca capitata
- Lactuca crispa
- Lactuca esculenta
- Lactuca laciniata
- Lactuca palmata
- Lactuca romana
