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Valerianella locusta

Valerianella locusta.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Valerianella locusta.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

corn salad, Lewiston cornsalad

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

White

Similar taxa

V. locusta is easily distinguished by the greatly thickened back of the fertile loculus of the fruit.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Valerianella locusta (L.) Laterr.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1855

Origin

Europe, N. Russia, N. Africa, Micronesia