Prickly lettuce vs Wild Lettuce

Lactuca serriola compared with Lactuca quercina

Key Differences

• Prickly lettuce is Least Concern while Wild Lettuce is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Prickly lettuce	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom same	Plantae (植物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order same	Asterales (キク目)	Asterales (キク目)
Family same	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus same	Lactuca	Lactuca
Species	Lactuca serriola	Lactuca quercina

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Prickly lettuce

LC — Least Concern

Wild Lettuce

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Prickly lettuce	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States