Lactuca sativa L., 1753 24% complete

Garden lettuce

Sp. Pl.: 795 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Lactuca sativa, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced9 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 795 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Garden lettuce No source recorded
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Family common name Aster family No source recorded
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Observations a cultigen from W. Asia No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 42 cm
  • 42 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 500, 818, 898, 918
Sourced
Biological type hemicryptophyte Sourced
Flower color yellow
  • yellow · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Flower conspicuous true
  • true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
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Growth habit Forb/herb
  • Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height empty
  • 75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 500, 818, 898, 918
Not on the record
Vegetable true
  • true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Phenology
Duration annual, biennial
  • annual, biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 110, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 71 cm Sourced