Lactuca, commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the Sunflower family Asteraceae. The genus includes about 100 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia.
Lettuce Lactuca canadensis Asteraceae Steptorhamphus tuberosus Lactuca biennis Cicerbita alpina Lactuca serriola Lactuca saligna Lactuca virosa Altai Mountains Cichorieae Carl Linnaeus Congo River Weed Inflorescence Eurasia Larva Asterales Anatolia Crete Armenia Lepidoptera Ethiopia Magnoliopsida Korea Flowering plant North America Turkey Greece Africa Plant Europe India Japan
