Acrid lettuce vs Globe Thistle

Lactuca virosa compared with Echinops exaltatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Acrid lettuce Globe Thistle
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers) Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)
Family Asteraceae (Daisy Family) Tenrecidae
Genus Lactuca Echinops
Species Lactuca virosa Echinops exaltatus

Conservation Status

Acrid lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Acrid lettuce Globe Thistle
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).

Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.

Globe Thistle

No description available.

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