Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Cornsalad, Valerianella locusta, Ceathrú uain
Photographs: Barleycove, Co. Cork

Common Cornsalad
Valerianella locusta
Ceathrú uain
Family: Valerianaceae

Flowering time: April-September. Winter annual. Native.

Very small blue or bluish-white 5-lobed flowers in terminal clusters are followed by hairless ovoid fruit, almost as wide as long with a shallow groove on one side. The lower leaves are spoon-shaped and stalked, the upper leaves oblong. A more or less hairless plant with branched, spreading stems. Growth is more compact on dry ground. Height 10-30cm.

Found on poor, disturbed ground on coastal dunes, sandy grassland and shingle. Also inland on railway tracks, walls and rock outcrops.

Cornsalad, Valerianella locusta, Ceathrú uain

Cornsalad, Valerianella locusta, Ceathrú uain
Cornsalad, Valerianella locusta, Ceathrú uain

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