Valerianella locusta - Revision history

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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 (botany)|rosette]] with [[leaf shape|spatulate leaves]] up to 15.2 cm long.<ref>[http://www.floridata.com/ref/v/vale_loc.cfm Floridata: ''Valerianella locusta'']</ref> It is a [[hardiness (plants)|hardy]] plant that grows to [[hardiness zone|zone 5]], and in mild climates it is grown as a winter [[leaf vegetable|green]]. In warm conditions it tends to [[bolting|bolt to seed]].<ref>[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Valerianella+locusta Plants for a Future: ''Valerianella locusta'']</ref>

Corn salad grows wild in parts of [[Europe]], northern [[Africa]] and western [[Asia]].<ref>[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?80009 United States Department of Agriculture: Germplasm Resources Information Network]</ref> 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.<ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VALO United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service: Plants profile for ''Valerianella locusta'']</ref>

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