Valerianella locusta
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Corn salad (Valerianella locusta) is a small dicot annual plant of the family Valerianaceae. It is also called Lewiston cornsalad, lamb's lettuce, field salad, mâche, and rapunzel.
Corn salad grows in a low rosette with spatulate leaves up to 15.2 cm long.[1] It is a hardy plant that grows to zone 5, and in mild climates it is grown as a winter green. In warm conditions it tends to bolt to seed.[2]
Corn salad grows wild in parts of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia.[3] In Europe and Asia it is a common weed in cultivated land and waste spaces. In North America it has escaped cultivation and become naturalized on both the eastern and western seaboards.[4]
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References
- ↑ Floridata: Valerianella locusta
- ↑ Plants for a Future: Valerianella locusta
- ↑ United States Department of Agriculture: Germplasm Resources Information Network
- ↑ United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service: Plants profile for Valerianella locusta
External links
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