List Of Plants Known As Sea Lettuce
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List Of Plants Known As Sea Lettuce
Sea lettuce is the common name for members of the seaweed genus ''Ulva''. It may also refer to: *''Dudleya caespitosa'', also known as the 'sand lettuce', a terrestrial flowering plant species that is endemic to coastal areas of California *''Scaevola taccada'', also known as the 'beach cabbage', a terrestrial flowering plant species that is native to coastal regions of the Indo-Pacific. *''Monostroma ''Monostroma'' is a genus of marine green algae (seaweed) in the family Monostromataceae. As the name suggests, algae of this genus are monostromatic (single cell layered). '' Monostroma kuroshiense'', an algae of this genus, is commercially cu ...
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Ulva (genus)
The sea lettuces comprise the genus ''Ulva'', a group of edible green algae that is widely distributed along the coasts of the world's oceans. The type species within the genus ''Ulva'' is '' Ulva lactuca'', ''lactuca'' being Latin for "lettuce". The genus also includes the species previously classified under the genus ''Enteromorpha'', the former members of which are known under the common name green nori. Description Individual blades of ''Ulva'' can grow to be more than 400 mm (16 in) in size, but this occurs only when the plants are growing in sheltered areas. A macroscopic alga which is light to dark green in colour, it is attached by disc holdfast. Their structure is a leaflike flattened thallus. Nutrition and contamination Sea lettuce is eaten by a number of different sea animals, including manatees and the sea slugs known as sea hares. Many species of sea lettuce are a food source for humans in Scandinavia, Great Britain, Ireland, China, and Japan (where t ...
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Dudleya Caespitosa
''Dudleya caespitosa'' is a succulent plant known by several common names, including sea lettuce, sand lettuce, and coast dudleya. It is endemic to California, where it grows along the coastline in the southern half of the state. Taxonomically, this species is a highly variable complex of polymorphic and polyploid plants, closely related to numerous neighboring species such as '' Dudleya farinosa'', '' Dudleya greenei'' and '' Dudleya palmeri''. It is delimited from neighboring species on an arbitrary basis of distribution and chromosome number, and may not be immediately separable from the other species it approaches. Description Vegetative morphology This plant may grow in solitary rosettes, but most often forms caespitose clumps, which may contain up to 150+ rosettes. The clumps are generally not dense. Each rosette may be anywhere from 8 to 32 cm wide, containing 15 to 30 leaves. The caudex is 1.5 to 4 cm wide, and on older plants is often exposed between dry l ...
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Scaevola Taccada
''Scaevola taccada'', also known as beach cabbage, sea lettuce, or beach naupaka, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae found in mangrove swamps and rocky or sandy coastal locations in the tropical areas of the Indo-Pacific. It is a common beach shrub throughout the Arabian Sea, the tropical Indian Ocean and the tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean. There has long been confusion over the correct scientific name for this species. It is also known by the synonym ''Scaevola sericea''. Description ''Scaevola taccada'' is a large bush that grows up to about 3–10 metres typical of littoral zones where it grows very close to the sea exposed to the salt spray, usually on sandy or pebbly soils. The branchlets are 1–1.5 cm thick with white tufts at the leaf axils. Leaves are slightly succulent about 8–25 cm cm long, closely alternate or in a spiral and crowded at the stem tips. They are glabrous with a fleshy-looking yellowish green color. Flowers and fruit It flowe ...
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