corn salad
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- useful plant
- Parent taxon
- Valerianella
- Image
- Corn salad, spring, close up.JPG
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- P105
- species
- P9714
- Shanghai
- P366
- leaf vegetable
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Valerianella locusta illustration by Thomé (1885) showing the plant, flower, and seed
Valeriana locusta, commonly called mâche, cornsalad, or lamb's lettuce, a small, herbaceous, annual flowering plant in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and north Africa, where it is eaten as a leaf vegetable.