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lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is an annual plant of the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable, but sometimes for its stem and seeds. Lettuce is most often used for salads, although it is also seen in other kinds of food, such as soups, sandwiches and wraps; it can also be grilled. One variety, the woju (莴苣), or asparagus lettuce (celtuce), is grown for its stems, which are eaten either raw or...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.129
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.692
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung) · 1090 · p.50
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.110
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.171
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.199
Herbarius
1485 · p.172
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.169
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.172
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.332
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.171
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.173
In the stacks
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Every page naming Lactuca sativa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122976.