Leaf lettuce

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Name Variations

 * looseleaf lettuce
 * bunching lettuce
 * cutting lettuce
 * salad-bowl lettuce
 * lechuga

About Leaf lettuce
Wikipedia Article About Leaf Lettuce on Wikipedia

Lettuce is a temperate annual or biennial plant most often grown as a leaf vegetable. In Western countries, it is typically eaten cold and raw, in salads, hamburgers, tacos, and several other dishes. In some places, including China, lettuce is typically eaten cooked and use of the stem is as important as use of the leaf.

A lettuce plant has a short stem initially (a rosette growth habit), but when it blooms, the stem lengthens and branches, and it produces many flower heads that look like those of dandelions, but smaller. This is called bolting. When grown to eat, lettuce is harvested before it bolts.

Oak leaf, red leaf, and green leaf are all varieties of looseleaf lettuce.