鵝仔草（Lactuca indica）— 植物資料

植物簡介

A herbaceous erect herb that grows up to 2 m tall when flowering. Leaves of L. indica are alternate, sessile (= without petioles) and arranged in a rosette on the young plant. Leaf shape oblong-lanceolate, but can be very variable. Mature plants produce basal erect subterranean shoots, known as tillers. Flowers are bright yellow, small and numerous on terminal inflorescences that are 50-100 cm in length. Fruits of L. indica are flat elliptical achenes (= small, dry indehiscent fruits, each with a single compartment containing a single seed), black, shortly beaked and hard, each with a tuft of white hairs at the top.

生長條件

日照

全日照

土壤

壤土、排水良好

濕潤排水良好、濕潤

適合氣候

南部適種

H1a｜熱帶植物

尺寸

—

冠幅 —

照顧指南

栽培方式

Fertile, well-drained soils with high organic matter content are preferred, but L. indica is able to tolerate a wide range of soils. Propagation is carried out by seed, or root cuttings (these easily develop buds).

修剪建議

Herbaceous — 不適用傳統 RHS 修剪分組。草本植物，枯萎後剪除地上部分，非傳統木本修剪分組。熱帶環境下無明顯休眠期，全年皆可進行修剪。