Acrid lettuce vs Prickly lettuce

Lactuca virosa compared with Lactuca serriola

Key Differences

Acrid lettuce is Not Evaluated while Prickly lettuce is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Acrid lettuce	Prickly lettuce
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family same	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus same	Lactuca	Lactuca
Species	Lactuca virosa	Lactuca serriola

Evolutionary Relationship

Acrid lettuce and Prickly lettuce share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Lactuca.

View Genus: Lactuca

Conservation Status

Acrid lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Prickly lettuce

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Acrid lettuce	Prickly lettuce
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).

Prickly lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

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.