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Corn Salad close up
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Plantae
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Magnoliophyta
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Magnoliopsida
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Order:
Dipsacales
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Family:
Valerianaceae
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Genus:
Valerianella
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V. locusta
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Binomial name
Valerianella locusta L.
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Corn salad (Valerianella locusta ) is a small dicot annual plant of the family Valerianaceae . It is also called Lewiston cornsalad , fetticus , mache , mâche , doucette , rampon , rampien , lamb's lettuce , field salad (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldsalat ), nüssli , nüsslisalat , and rapunzel
Corn salad grows in a low rosette with spatulate leaves up to 15.2cm long.[ 1] 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] North America it has escaped cultivation and become naturalized on both the eastern and western seaboards.[ 4]
Valerianella locusta line drawing showing its bolted state.References External Links Template:Grocers
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