Species
Corn salad
Valerianella locusta
Varieties
3 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn salad Coquille de LouviersBSI-H805050 | — |
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| Corn salad Grote NoordhollandseBSI-H805020 | — |
| Details |
| Corn salad Verte de CambraiBSI-H805030 | — |
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Valerianella locusta is an annual salad species with a low rosette of soft, spoon-shaped leaves.
Flowers and foliage
Flowering stems later carry tiny pale blue-white flowers. The leaf rosette is the relevant form in a salad-seed assortment, rather than the flower display. Its common names include corn salad and lamb’s lettuce.
A rosette-forming salad species
Grote Noordhollandse, Coquille de Louviers and Verte de Cambrai are named choices for seed retailers. They keep the varietal selection visible within a bulk salad-seed assortment.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Valerianella locusta
- Common names
- lamb's lettuce, corn salad
- Synonyms
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- Fedia caerulea Aitkin ex Eaton & Wright, Fedia ecalyculata Stokes, Fedia locusta (L.) Rchb., Fedia locusta var. lasiocarpa Rchb., Fedia olitaria (L.) Vahl, Fedia olitcria (L.) Mirb., Fedia paniculata Colla, Fedia striata Steven, Locusta communis Delarbre, Masema olitorium (L.) Dulac, Valeriana locusta subsp. olitoria (L.) Ehrh., Valeriana locusta var. olitoria L., Valeriana olitoria (L.) Willd., Valerianella caerulea Eaton & Wright, Valerianella dichotoma Gilib., Valerianella locusta (L.) Laterr., Valerianella locusta subsp. dunensis (D.E.Allen) P.D.Sell, Valerianella locusta subsp. lusitanica (Pau ex Font Quer) M.Laínz, Valerianella locusta var. dunensis Allen, Valerianella lusitanica Pau ex Font Quer, Valerianella olitoria (L.) Pollich, Valerianella olitoria var. dichotoma Lej., Valerianella olitoria var. laciniata Gray, Valerianella olitoria var. lasiocarpa Rchb., Valerianella olitoria var. latifolia Gray, Valerianella olitoria var. leiocarpa Rchb., Valerianella olitoria var. procera Gray, Valerianella olitoria var. serratifolia Gray, Valerianella pusilla Miégev., Valerianella rhombicarpa Aiken ex Torr. & A.Gray, Valerianella striata Steven
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Dipsacales
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Genus
- Valerianella
- Species
- Valerianella locusta