Beaked Corn Salad (Valerianella radiata) - Garden.org

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Annual
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Plant Height:	6 in.
Leaves:	Unusual foliage color
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	White
Bloom Size:	Under 1"
Flower Time:	Spring
Inflorescence Height:	12 in.
Uses:	Culinary Herb Salad greens
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees
Propagation: Seeds:	Self fertile Sow in situ
Pollinators:	Self

Common names

Beaked Corn Salad
Beaked Cornsalad
Woods Corn-salad

Botanical names

Accepted: Valerianella radiata
Synonym: Valerianella woodsiana

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Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: 2023-03-27
Beaked Corn salad #111; RAB p. 1183, 175, 1-1-2; LHB p. 947, 189

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Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: 2023-03-27
Beaked Corn salad #111; RAB p. 1183, 175, 1-1-2; LHB p. 947, 189

Uploaded by WebTucker

Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: March 27, 2023
Beaked Corn salad #111; RAB p. 1183, 175, 1-1-2; LHB p. 947, 189

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Location: Geneva, AL
Date: 2015-03-25

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Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: April 5, 2022
Beaked Corn salad #111; RAB p. 1183, 175, 1-1-2; LHB p. 947, 189

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Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: March 23, 2022
Beaked Corn salad #111; RAB p. 1183, 175, 1-1-2; LHB p. 947, 189

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Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-05-13
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

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Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: March 23, 2022
Beaked Corn salad #111; RAB p. 1183, 175, 1-1-2; LHB p. 947, 189

Uploaded by WebTucker

Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: March 23, 2022
Beaked Corn salad #111; RAB p. 1183, 175, 1-1-2; LHB p. 947, 189

Uploaded by WebTucker

Location: Jefferson County, Texas
Date: March 19, 2012

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Location: Jefferson County, Texas
Date: March 19, 2012

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Location: Jefferson County, Texas
Date: February 28, 2012

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Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-04-28
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

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Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-04-28
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

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Location: Tennessee
Date: 2011-09-07
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

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Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-04-28
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

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Location: Geneva, AL
Date: 2015-03-24

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Location: Geneva, AL
Date: 2015-03-24

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Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2012-06-22

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Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2012-06-11

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Location: Jefferson County, Texas
Date: March 19, 2012

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Comments:

Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Dec 4, 2013 4:13 AM concerning plant:

Corn Salad in the wild can be distinguished from mustards and chickweeds by its flowers. Corn Salad flowers have 5 petals that are unnotched at their tips. Mustard flowers have only 4 petals and white chickweed flowers have 5 notched petals.

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