Asparagus officinalis is a flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus from which the popular vegetable known as asparagus is obtained. It is native to most of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia. It is now also widely cultivated as a vegetable crop.

On this page you will read the different varieties (Head lettuce, crisphead, iceberg, butterhead, Bibb lettuce, Romaine lettuce, parries lettuce, red romaine, asparagus lettuce, leaf lettuce, celtuce, Chinese lettuce) of lettuce and its description. You can also read the nutritional content of lettuce.

You've seen those people with the Chinese/Japanese characters tattooed on them, but it turns out the character translates to asparagus or monkey balls.

this guy found asparagus juice in a can - and drank it. it looks nasty!