Lettuce: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Lactuca sativa

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Head of fresh green lettuce with ruffled leaves against a white background.

Close-up of a fresh salad with leafy greens, croutons, sun-dried tomatoes, and carrot strips on a white plate, with a fork in the foreground.

Rows of young lettuce plants in a field being watered by a long overhead irrigation sprinkler system.

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa, variety capitata)

lettuce leaf damaged by peroxyacetyl nitrate

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