corn salad
Also known as lamb's lettuce, mâche, fetticus, feldsalat, nut lettuce, field salad, rapunzel, Valerianella locusta
species of plant Valerianella locusta
Species
FamilyCaprifoliaceae
Common Name: corn salad
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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.