Valerianella locusta
| Habit | herbaceous
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| Height: | ⇕ | 4 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4. to 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. to 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | annual |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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| USDA Zones: | 5 to 9.5 |
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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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