Asteraceae
Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lactuca
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Common names
By language (117)
- Afrikaans
- Blaarslaai
- Amharic
- ሰላጣ
- ang
- Leahtric
- Arabic
- خس, الخَسّ, الخس, الخس البستاني, الخس المزروع, خس بلدي, خس رؤوس
- Aragonese
- Ensalada
- Armenian
- Հազար
- arz
- خس
- Asturian
- Llechuga
- atj
- Katiapi
- Azerbaijani
- Əkin kahısı
- Bangla
- লেটুস
- bar
- Salot
- Basque
- Uraza, Letxuga
- Belarusian
- Латук, Салата агародная
- bik
- Litsugas
- bjn
- Salada
- bo
- རྗེན་ཚལ་
- Breton
- Letuz
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена маруля
- Burmese
- ဆလတ်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 生菜
- Catalan
- Enciam, Enciams, Encisam
- cdo
- 春菜
- Chinese
- 莴苣, 萵苣, 生菜, 白苣, 苣胜子, 苦菜, 莴苣子, 唐生菜
- Croatian
- Zelena salata
- Czech
- Locika setá, Locika salátová, Salát
- Danish
- Salat
- Dutch
- Sla, Botersla, Kropsla
- English
- Lettuce, Garden lettuce
- Esperanto
- Kultiva laktuko, Ĝardena laktuko
- Estonian
- Aedsalat
- Filipino
- Letsugas, Lettuce, Litsugas
- Finnish
- Lehtisalaatti, Ruokasalaatti, Salaatinlehti, Salaatti
- French
- Laitue, Celtuce, Laitue cultivee, Laitue iceberg, Laitue pommée
- Galician
- Leituga
- Georgian
- Სალათა
- German
- Gartensalat, Salat
- Greek
- Μαρούλι
- Guarani
- Ka'anakyrỹi
- gv
- Glassyr
- Haitian Creole
- Leti
- hak
- Fú-mak
- Hebrew
- חסה, חסה תרבותית, חסת התרבות
- Hindi
- सलाद पत्ता
- Hungarian
- Kerti saláta, Leveles saláta, Saláta
- Icelandic
- Salat
- Indonesian
- Selada
- io
- Latugo
- Irish
- Leitís
- Italian
- Lattuga
- Japanese
- レタス, ちしゃ, サラダナ, サラダ菜, サンチュ, チサ, チシャ, 萵苣
- Javanese
- Selada
- kaa
- Salat
- kab
- Tamafart
- Kannada
- ಲೆಟಿಸ್
- Kazakh
- Салат
- Kinyarwanda
- Imboga za leti
- Korean
- 상추, 부루, 양상추
- Kurdish
- Kahû, Kaho, Loçik, Xas, Xes
- kw
- Letusen
- Kyrgyz
- Салат латук
- lah
- لیٹس
- Latvian
- Salāti, Dārza salāti
- lij
- Leituga
- Lithuanian
- Sėjamoji salota
- Luxembourgish
- Heederzalot, Laitue
- lzh
- 萵苣
- Macedonian
- Зелена салата
- Malagasy
- Salady
- Malay
- Salad
- Malayalam
- ഉർവച്ചീര
- Maltese
- Ħassa
- Marathi
- लेट्युस
- mnc
- ᠨᠠᠯᡠ, ᡝᡳᠮᡦᡝ
- mos
- Salaade
- mzn
- کهوک
- nah
- Quillechuca, Axoxouhquilitl, Lechuca
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hagesalat
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Hagesalat
- pam
- Lechugas
- Persian
- کاهو
- Polish
- Sałata siewna
- Portuguese
- Alface
- Punjabi
- ਸਲਾਦ
- Quechua
- Pilliyuyu, Lechuga, Lichuga, Lichuwa
- Romanian
- Lăptucă, Salată verde
- rup
- Sâlatâ
- Russian
- Салат латук, Кочанный салат, Латук, Латук посевной, Молокан, Салат-латук
- sc
- Lattuca, Lattùca
- scn
- Lattuca, Lattuga
- sco
- Lettuce
- Serbian
- Зелена салата
- Serbian (Latin)
- Zelena salata
- sgs
- Saluotis
- Sindhi
- خس
- Sinhala
- සලාද
- Slovak
- Šalát siaty
- Slovenian
- Gojena solata, Vrtna solata
- Somali
- Salaar
- Spanish
- Lechuga, Lechugon, Lechugón
- Swedish
- Sallat
- Tajik
- Коҳу
- Tamil
- இலைக்கோசு, சுருள்முட்டைக் கீரை
- Thai
- ผักกาดหอม, ผักกาดแก้ว, ผักสลัด
- Tongan
- Lētisilau
- Turkish
- Marul
- tyv
- Салат
- Ukrainian
- Салат сійний, Латук, Латук посівний, Салата
- Uyghur
- ظوسذث
- Uzbek
- Salat
- vep
- Salat
- Vietnamese
- Xà lách, Rau diếp
- Walloon
- Salåde ordinaire, Salåde, Salåde di corti, Vete salåde
- war
- Letsugas
- Welsh
- Letysen, Letusen yr ardd, Letis, Letys
- wuu
- 莴苣
- za
- Byaekaengjgwx
Synonyms
- Lactuca capitata Garsault
- Lactuca capitata (L.) DC.
- Lactuca crispa (L.) Roth
- Lactuca dregeana DC.
- Lactuca laciniata Roth
- Lactuca palmata Willd.
- Lactuca sativa subsp. asparagina (L.H.Bailey) Janch.
- Lactuca sativa subsp. capitata (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens
- Lactuca sativa subsp. crispa (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens
- Lactuca sativa subsp. longifolia (Lam.) Alef.
- Lactuca sativa subsp. minii Hadidi
- Lactuca sativa subsp. romana Spielm. ex Schübl. & G.Martens
- Lactuca sativa subsp. sativa
- Lactuca sativa subsp. secalina Alef.
- Lactuca sativa var. acephala Alef.
- Lactuca sativa var. asparagina L.H.Bailey
- Lactuca sativa var. aurescens Hegi
- Lactuca sativa var. capitata L.
- Lactuca sativa var. crispa L.
- Lactuca sativa var. foliosa Bremer
- Lactuca sativa var. integrifolia Stankov & Taliev
- Lactuca sativa var. longifolia Lam.
- Lactuca sativa var. pseudoscariola Schur
- Lactuca sativa var. sativa
- Lactuca scariola var. hortensis Bisch.
- Lactuca scariola var. laciniata (Roth) Bisch.
- Lactuca scariola var. sativa (L.) Moris
- Lactuca scariola var. sativa Moris
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 1,500 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: en:User:Geographer, CC BY 1.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maria Kohanovskaya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: xrona, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul Chevrier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jean Paul Bourgin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eeva Mofakhami, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: jdelafuente, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Eeva Mofakhami, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: jobard88, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Koldovi Goñi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.