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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Corn Salad
| image = Corn salad, spring, close up.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Corn Salad close up
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]
| familia = [[Valerianaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Valerianella]]''
| species = '''''V. locusta'''''
| binomial = ''Valerianella locusta''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''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 (botany)|rosette]] with [[leaf shape|spatulate leaves]] up to 15.2cm 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>
[[Image:Valerianella_locusta_drawing.jpg|thumb|left|''Valerianella locusta'' line drawing showing its bolted state.]]
==References==
<references/>
==External Links==
* [http://www.foodsdatabase.com/LinkedLabel.aspx?FoodId=23847 Nutrition facts]
{{Grocers}}
[[Category:Dipsacales]]
[[Category:Leaf vegetables]]
{{vegetable-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Corn Salad
| image = Corn salad, spring, close up.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Corn Salad close up
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Dipsacales]]
| familia = [[Valerianaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Valerianella]]''
| species = '''''V. locusta'''''
| binomial = ''Valerianella locusta''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''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 (botany)|rosette]] with [[leaf shape|spatulate leaves]] up to 15.2cm 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>
[[Image:Valerianella_locusta_drawing.jpg|thumb|left|''Valerianella locusta'' line drawing showing its bolted state.]]
==References==
<references/>
==External Links==
* [http://www.foodsdatabase.com/LinkedLabel.aspx?FoodId=23847 Nutrition facts]
{{Grocers}}
[[Category:Dipsacales]]
[[Category:Leaf vegetables]]
{{vegetable-stub}}