Lactuca sativa Truchas (Truchas Lettuce)

This annual herb is a cultivated mini romaine or Little Gem lettuce with compact heads. Dark cherry-red outer leaves surround a green heart. Grown for its tender leaves, it suits small vegetable beds, containers, and closely spaced plantings. The variety has resistance to several strains of downy mildew and partial resistance to a strain of lettuce mosaic virus. Photographed in Florida.