Valerianella locusta

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

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
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Exposure: sun
Scientific Names

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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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