species
Lactuca sativa
Lettuce
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Lactuca sativa is a annual in the family Asteraceae, also known as Lettuce, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It reaches 30 cm tall and 30 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam, clay or sand soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers in July. Its RHS hardiness rating is H4 (hardy): −10 to −5°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 30 cm tall × 30 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H4 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Sand
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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