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Read more about Beaked Cornsalad at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Dipsacales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Valerianella radiata
FAMILY
Valerianaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Valerianella radiata
FAMILY
Valerianaceae
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Valerianella woodsiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 175-01-002:
Valerianella radiata
FAMILY
Valerianaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Valerianella radiata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Valerianella woodsiana
COMMON NAME:
Beaked Cornsalad
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JK Marlow jkm190305_6632
March Greenville County SC
Each leaf has a prominent central vein, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
JK Marlow jkm070421_033
April Greenville County SC
Similar to V. locusta, but stems often 2-7dm tall (vs locusta's usually 1-3dm), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm070421_036
April Greenville County SC
Valerianella of the southern mtns are succulent, dichotomously forked plants, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm070421_040
April Greenville County SC
Flowers with conspicuously exserted stamens, in densely flowered cymes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm070428_009
April Greenville County SC
Cauline leaves opposite, sessile, spatulate or elliptic-lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm120407_706
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaf margins smooth or with a few coarse teeth toward the base, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
Roxanna Martin rlm4911_307
April Spartanburg County SC
Outer bracts and bractlets of cymules spinulose-ciliate at apex, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm5710_192b
May Spartanburg County SC
Fruit is a nutlet, without corky thickening, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.