Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : vlllo
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Valerianella olitoria (L.) Pollich.
Classification: Valerianaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: common cornsalad
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Gemeiner Feldsalat ; ES : dulceta ; FR : mâche potagère ; IT : gallinella comune ; PT : alface-de-cordeiro ; EN : common cornsalad ; NL : gewone veldsla ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-shaped.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, entire-margined.
- Height: 10-40 cm.
- Stem erect, slender, branched, grooved and pubescent.
- Lower leaves in rosette on 4 rows, light-green, opposite, obovate, lanceolate and strongly veined. Upper leaves sessile, narrow and somewhat dentate.
- Flowers blue, small in terminal dense and globose cymes on slender peduncles.
- Fruits : 2.5 mm long, slightly compressed, rounded, smooth and glabrous, fertile loculus corky on the back.
- Plant sometimes eaten as green salad. Leaves refreshing and antiscorbutic.
- Biological type: annual.
- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with all the other species of Valerianella .
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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