PLANTS Profile for Valerianella locusta (Lewiston cornsalad)

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PLANTS Profile

Valerianella locusta (L.) Lat.
Lewiston cornsalad

Symbol:

VALO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Valerianaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		W

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. France, Paris. Usage Requirements.

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Valerianella locusta (L.) Lat.

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Synonyms:
Valerianella locusta (L.) Lat.

VAOL2

Valerianella olitoria (L.) Pollich

Distribution:
Valerianella locusta (L.) Lat.


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USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WV), CAN (BC, ON)

Related Taxa:
Valerianella locusta (L.) Lat.

View 4 genera in Valerianaceae, 15 species in Valerianella

Classification:
Valerianella locusta (L.) Lat.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Dipsacales
Family	Valerianaceae – Valerian family
Genus	Valerianella Mill. – cornsalad
Species	Valerianella locusta (L.) Lat. – Lewiston cornsalad

Introduced Information:
Valerianella locusta (L.) Lat.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Valerianella locusta (L.) Lat.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35392.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 05:16 PM CDT