PLANTS Profile for Lactuca sativa (garden lettuce)

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PLANTS Profile

Lactuca sativa L.
garden lettuce

Symbol:

LASA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I
VI		I
CAN		W

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Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Argentina. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Lactuca sativa L.

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Synonyms:
Lactuca sativa L.

	LASCI	Lactuca scariola L. var. integrata Gren. & Godr.
	LASCI2	Lactuca scariola L. var. integrifolia (Bogenh.) G. Beck

Native Status:
Lactuca sativa L.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, CA, DC, DE, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MO, ND, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, WA, WV), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (AB, ON)

Related Taxa:
Lactuca sativa L.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 13 species in Lactuca

Classification:
Lactuca sativa L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Lactuca L. – lettuce
Species	Lactuca sativa L. – garden lettuce

Introduced Information:
Lactuca sativa L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lactuca sativa L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36607.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 07:51 AM CDT