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Lettuce
Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Mediterranean
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

An annual leafy vegetable in the daisy family, grown worldwide for its tender rosette of crisp leaves. Cultivated for over 4,500 years, it was prized by the ancient Egyptians as a symbol of fertility before becoming a humble salad staple.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Lactuca
Species
Lactuca sativa