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wild lettuces
Lactuca
Lactuca, commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The genus includes at least 50 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
prickly lettuce
speciesLactuca serriola
Canada wild lettuce
speciesLactuca canadensis
tall blue lettuce
speciesLactuca biennis
woodland lettuce
speciesLactuca floridana
lettuce
speciesLactuca sativa
tatarian blue lettuce
speciesLactuca tatarica
bitter lettuce
speciesLactuca virosa
Indian lettuce
speciesLactuca indica
Willowleaf Lettuce
speciesLactuca saligna
mountain lettuce
speciesLactuca perennis
Siberian lettuce
speciesLactuca sibirica
common blue lettuce
speciesLactuca pulchella
Pliant Lettuce
speciesLactuca viminea
grass-leaf lettuce
speciesLactuca graminifolia
Western Lettuce
speciesLactuca ludoviciana
African Lettuce
speciesLactuca inermis
hairy lettuce
speciesLactuca hirsuta
Hairless Blue-sowthistle
speciesLactuca plumieri
Oak-leaved Lettuce
speciesLactuca quercina
Tuberous Lettuce
speciesLactuca tuberosa
Lactuca tenerrima
speciesLactuca tenerrima
Lactuca raddeana
speciesLactuca raddeana
Lactuca hispida
speciesLactuca hispida
Lactuca triangulata
speciesLactuca triangulata
Oriental Lettuce
speciesLactuca orientalis
Lactuca formosana
speciesLactuca formosana
Lactuca undulata
speciesLactuca undulata
Lactuca aculeata
speciesLactuca aculeata
Azorean Lettuce
speciesLactuca watsoniana
Acanthus-leaved Lettuce
speciesLactuca acanthifolia
Lactuca longidentata
speciesLactuca longidentata
Lactuca alpestris
speciesLactuca alpestris
South African Wild Lettuce
speciesLactuca dregeana
Lactuca palmensis
speciesLactuca palmensis
Lactuca cyprica
speciesLactuca cyprica
Lactuca tetrantha
speciesLactuca tetrantha
Lactuca soongorica
speciesLactuca soongorica
Fire Lettuce
speciesLactuca lasiorhiza
Split-leaf Lettuce
speciesLactuca dissecta
Lactuca oblongifolia
speciesLactuca oblongifolia
Lactuca dolichophylla
speciesLactuca dolichophylla
Lactuca crambifolia
speciesLactuca crambifolia
Lactuca brachyrrhyncha
speciesLactuca brachyrrhyncha
Lactuca paradoxa
speciesLactuca paradoxa
Lactuca tysonii
speciesLactuca tysonii
Lactuca intricata
speciesLactuca intricata
Lactuca rechingeriana
speciesLactuca rechingeriana
Lactuca microcephala
speciesLactuca microcephala
Lactuca persica
speciesLactuca persica
Lactuca scarioloides
speciesLactuca scarioloides
Lactuca singularis
speciesLactuca singularis
Lactuca glauciifolia
speciesLactuca glauciifolia
Lactuca × dichotoma
hybridLactuca × dichotoma
Lactuca variabilis
speciesLactuca variabilis
Lactuca hazaranensis
speciesLactuca hazaranensis
Lactuca calophylla
speciesLactuca calophylla
Lactuca georgica
speciesLactuca georgica
Lactuca stipulata
speciesLactuca stipulata
Lactuca filicina
speciesLactuca filicina
Lactuca homblei
speciesLactuca homblei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.692
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
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.171
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.333
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.334
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.335
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.333
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Lactuca 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 53106.