*Lactuca sativa Linnaeus. Common name: Garden Lettuce. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Cultivated throughout our area in home gardens and commercially, rarely weakly persistent, common as a cultivated plant, rare as a short-lived waif. Distribution: Native of w. Asia.
Origin/Endemic status: W. Asia
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, F, FNA19, G, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Oh3, POWO; = n/a — C, Pa, RAB, Tat. Basionym: Lactuca sativa L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Lactuca sativa - FNA19
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