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Home » Vegetables » Leafy Vegetables » Lettuce » Butterhead Lettuce

Butterhead Lettuce

Butterhead lettuce is a category of lettuces.

These lettuces have tender leaves, with heads that are half-open: they are compact in the centre, loosely-leafed on the outsides.

The loose leaves are flopsy.

The leaves in the centre are very soft, thus the allusion to “buttery”, and the leaves have a milder flavour than loose-leaf lettuces.

There are many varieties such as Bibb, Buttercrunch, Boston, etc.

Some have softer leaves, some have crunchier leaves.

The leaves of most butterhead-type lettuces are green, but there are varieties (such as Sangria) that have red or bronze leaves.

The leaves are easily bruised.

Related entries

  • Bibb Lettuce
  • Buttercrunch Lettuce
  • Red Mignonette Lettuce

Other names

Scientific Name: Latuca sativa Butterhead

This page first published: May 31, 2004 · Updated: Jun 17, 2020.

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