Acrid lettuce vs black wattle

Lactuca virosa compared with Acacia celsa

Key Differences

• Acrid lettuce is Not Evaluated while black wattle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Acrid lettuce	black wattle
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Fabaceae
Genus	Lactuca	Acacia
Species	Lactuca virosa	Acacia celsa

Evolutionary Relationship

Acrid lettuce and black wattle share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Acrid lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

black wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Acrid lettuce	black wattle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Acrid lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

black wattle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Acrid lettuce

The Acrid lettuce (Lactuca virosa) is a species in the genus Lactuca. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, and Czech Republic.

black wattle

The black wattle (Acacia celsa) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.