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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Valerianella locusta
FAMILY
Valerianaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about European Cornsalad at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Valerianella locusta
FAMILY
Valerianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 175-01-001:
Valerianella locusta FAMILY Valerianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Valerianella olitoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Valerianella locusta
COMMON NAME:
European Cornsalad
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_valo_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150329_019
March Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm150329_031
March Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Main cauline leaves narrowly spatulate to elliptic-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160322_045
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
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JK Marlow jkm160322_048
March Greenville County SC
Riparian zone along urban waterway
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_locusta_8993
March Catawba County NC
Corolla 1-2mm long, lobes pale blue; stamens included or essentially so, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm220406_6510
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220406_6510b
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_locusta_0065
April Catawba County NC
Plant usually 1-3dm tall (vs. V. radiata often 2-7dm tall), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_locusta_1
April Catawba County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Valerianella locusta
FAMILY
Valerianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Valerianella locusta
FAMILY
Valerianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 175-01-001:
Valerianella locusta
FAMILY
Valerianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Valerianella olitoria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Valerianella locusta
3365
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Roadsides, moist forests, bottomlands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common to uncommon in the Carolinas (rare in GA)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale blue/ White
Calyx lobes minute or obsolete
5-lobed funnelform corolla
3 included stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p341
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p313
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p167
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