Asteraceae
Willowleaf lettuce
Lactuca saligna
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lactuca
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- خس صفصافي, زفرة, لبين الشيخ, لبينة, مرير
- arz
- خس صفصافى
- Bulgarian
- Соленолюбива салата
- Czech
- Locika vrbová
- Dutch
- Wilgsla
- English
- Willowleaf lettuce, Heart lettuce, Least lettuce
- French
- Laitue à feuilles de saule
- German
- Weiden-Lattich, Weidenblättriger Lattich, Weidenlattich
- Hebrew
- חסה רותמית
- Persian
- کاهوی سالینا
- Ukrainian
- Латук солончаковий
- Welsh
- Letusen fach
Synonyms
- Chondrilla crepoides Lapeyr.
- Lactuca adulteriana Gren. & Godr.
- Lactuca angustifolia Gilib.
- Lactuca caucasica K.Koch
- Lactuca caucasica var. caucasica
- Lactuca caucasica var. major K.Koch
- Lactuca caucasica var. minor K.Koch
- Lactuca cyanea K.Koch
- Lactuca salicifolia Salisb.
- Lactuca saligna f. saligna
- Lactuca saligna var. runcinata Gren. & Godr.
- Lactuca saligna var. ruppiana Wallr.
- Lactuca saligna var. saligna
- Lactuca saligna var. wallrothiana Wallr.
- Lactuca spiciformis Dulac
- Lactuca tommasiniana Sch.Bip.
- Lactuca vanensis Azn.
- Lactuca viminea var. cracoviensis Rouy
- Lactuca virgata Tausch
- Lactuca virosa Hablitz
- Lactuca virosa Hablitz
- Lactuca wallrothii Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eitan Ferman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.