Lettuce

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is an annual plant o the daisy faimily, Asteraceae. It is maist eften growed as a leaf vegetable, but whiles for its stem an seeds. Lettuce is maist eften uised for salads, awtho it is an aa seen in ither kinds o fuid, such as soups, sandwiches an wraps; it can an aa be grilled.[3]

Lettuce
Iceberg lettuce field
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Asterales
Faimily:Asteraceae
Genus:Lactuca
Species:L. sativa
Binomial name
Lactuca sativa
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Lactuca scariola var. sativa (Moris)
  • L. scariola var. integrata (Gren. an Godr.)
  • L. scariola var. integrifolia (G.Beck)

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