Lactuca sativa L.

If anyone has photos or reliable records of this taxon, we would be pleased to add these to the site. Please contact one of the site authors. Email addresses are given on the home page.

Images: None on this site.

Records: Display species records Map species using Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:
Common names: Garden lettuce (English)
Description:
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: sativa: cultivated, not wild
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:
Growth form(s):
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters: Display spot characters for this species
Literature:

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 35. as Lactuca dregeana

Other sources of information about Lactuca sativa:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Lactuca sativa

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lactuca sativa
African Plant Database: Lactuca sativa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lactuca sativa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lactuca sativa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lactuca sativa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lactuca sativa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lactuca sativa
JSTOR Plant Science: Lactuca sativa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lactuca sativa
Plants of the World Online: Lactuca sativa
Tropicos: Lactuca sativa
Wikipedia: Lactuca sativa


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Lactuca sativa.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=164770, retrieved 29 March 2024

Site software last modified: 26 March 2018 2:06pm (GMT +2)
Terms of use