The lettuces (kind Lactuca ) are annual plants of the family of the Astéracées (Made up) whose certain species are cultivated for their Feuille S tender consumed like green salad. One of the common characters of these plants is the presence of a white latex to which it owe their name.

The Latin term Lactuca drift of lake, lactis , milk.

Characteristics of the kind

Principal species

• Lactuca altaica Fisch. & A.C. Mey.
• Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald
• Lactuca bracteata Hook. F. & Thomson ex C.B. Clarke
• Lactuca canadensis L.
• Lactuca dissecta D. Don
• Lactuca dolichophylla Kitam.
• Lactuca dregeana cd.
• Lactuca will graciliflora cd.
• Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. ex Nutt.
• Lactuca indica L.
• Lactuca lessertiana (cd.) C.B. Clarke
• Lactuca livida Wood. & Reut.
• Lactuca orientalis (Wood.) Wood.
• Lactuca perennis L., the long-lived Lettuce
• Lactuca quercina L., the Lettuce with sheets of oak or lettuce of Chaix
• Lactuca raddeana Maxim.
• Lactuca saligna L., the Lettuce with sheet of willow
• Lactuca sativa L., the cultivated Lettuce
• Lactuca scarioloides Wood.
• Lactuca serriola L., the Lettuce scariole, lettuce serriole or wild lettuce. Not to confuse with the endive which is a Chicorée.
• Lactuca sibirica (L.) Benth. ex Maxim.
• Lactuca tatarica (L.) A.C. Mey.
• Lactuca tenerrima Pourr., the delicate Lettuce
• Lactuca undulata Ledeb.
• Lactuca viminea (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl, the Lettuce of the vines
• Lactuca virosa L., the poisonous Lettuce

Production