Corn salad

Corn Salad
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Corn Salad close up
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Dipsacales
Family:Valerianaceae
Genus:Valerianella
Species:locusta
Binomial name
Valerianella locusta
L.

Corn salad (Valerianella locusta) is a small plant of the family Valerianaceae which grows in a low rosette and in mild climates is used as a winter green, especially in salads.

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Valerianella locusta line drawing showing its bolted state.

In warm and dry conditions it tends to bolt to seed. It is also called Lewiston cornsalad, mache, māche, lamb's lettuce, field salad, and rapunzel.

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See also: Corn salad