Difference Between Lettuce and Celery

1. Leaf Difference

The leaves of lettuce are undivided, and the leaves are oblanceolate, elliptical-oblanceolate or elliptical, with sharp or rounded tips.

The leaves of lettuce are alternate, lanceolate or oblong, about 6 to 15 cm long and 1.5 to 6.5 cm wide. The leaf apex is acute or gradually sharp, and there are wrinkles when the leaf surface is flat. The leaves have no petioles. The base of the leaves is heart-shaped or arrow-shaped and semi-phimotic, with wavy or serrated edges that gradually become smaller upwards. All leaves are glabrous on both sides. The color is green, light green, dark green or purple.

2. Flower Differences

The flowers of lettuce are head inflorescences that form cone-shaped inflorescences at the top of the stems and branches. The flowers are light yellow.

Lettuce has many or very many capitula, arranged in cone-shaped inflorescences at the top of the branches. The flowers are light yellow, and the inflorescence has about 20 flowers.