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Indian lettuce
Indian lettuce
Lactuca indica
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual or Biennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

This wild lettuce grows in mountain meadows across the Himalayas and East Asia. Its jagged leaves contain a bitter milky sap that deters insects from taking a single bite.

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 indica