Corn salad is an edible leaf vegetable. It has dark green leaves with a nutty flavor and soft texture.
Names
Scientific
Valerianella locusta
English
Corn salad
Fetticus
Field salad
Lamb's lettuce
Lewiston cornsalad
Rapunzel
Dutch
Veldsla
Spanish
Canónigo
Rapónchigo
French
Blanchette
Boursette
Mâche
Rampon
Salade de blé
Valérianelle
German
Ackersalat
Gewöhnlicher Feldsalat
Mausohrsalat
Nüsschen
Nüsslisalat
Rapunzel
Vogerlsalat
Italian
Formentino
Insalata valeriana
Songino
Valerianella
Taxonomy
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Genus
Valerianella
Species
Valerianella locusta (Corn salad)
Did you know that?
- Rapunzel is the name of a girl in a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.
Crop categories
Cool temperate crops
Leaf vegetables
Mediterranean crops
Minor crops
Temperate crops
Vegetables