Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Family: Asteraceae

Iceberg Lettuce

AKA: crisphead

Red Leaf Lettuce
Romaine

LACTUCA SATIVA L. VAR. LONGIFOLIA
AKA: cos lettuce

Butterhead

AKA: Boston, Bibb lettuce or “round lettuce”

Summercrisp

AKA: Batavian or French crisp

Celtuce

LACTUCA SATIVA VAR. AUGUSTANA
AKA: stem lettuce, celery lettuce, asparagus lettuce,or Chinese lettuce

Lettuce


The Asteraceae Family

a family of flowering plants
AKA: the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family

Kingdom: Plantae   Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Asterids   Order: Asterales