Common Name: VALERIAN FAMILY Habit: Annual, perennial herb, occasionally strongly scented, odor generally unpleasant. Leaf: simple to pinnately lobed or compound; petioles generally sheathing; basal +- whorled; cauline opposite, petioled to sessile. Inflorescence: cyme, panicle, or head-like, generally +- dense. Flower: generally bisexual; calyx fused to ovary tip, limb 0 or lobes generally 5--15, coiled inward, plumose in age, pappus-like, spreading in fruit; corolla radial to 2-lipped, lobes generally 5, throat generally > lobes, > tube, base generally spurred or swollen, tube slender, long or short; stamens generally 1--3, fused to petals; ovary inferior, chamber generally 1, or occasionally 3 but 2 empty or vestigial. Fruit: achene, smooth, ribbed, or winged. Genera In Family: +- 17 genera, 300 species: generally temperate, worldwide except Australia. Some species cultivated (Centranthus), some medicinal (Valeriana). eFlora Treatment Author: Abigail J. Moore & Lauramay T. Dempster, except as noted Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: CORN SALAD Habit: Annual. Stem: erect, equally, repeatedly forked. Leaf: basal and cauline, generally simple, entire to toothed. Inflorescence: cymes, dense, terminal, peduncled, generally paired, subtended by involucre-like ring of bracts. Flower: calyx generally 0; corolla funnel-shaped, lobes unequal, throat +- swollen at base; stamens 3; ovary (2)3-chambered, 1 chamber fertile, others empty or occasionally fused into 1. Fruit: +- compressed, grooved lengthwise. Etymology: (Latin: diminutive of Valeriana) eFlora Treatment Author: Abigail J. Moore Reference: Bell 2007 Molec Phylogen Evol 44:929--941
Valerianella carinata Loisel.
NATURALIZED Stem: 1--3 dm, sparsely hairy; hairs pointed down. Leaf: 0.4--3 cm; proximal petioled; distal +- sessile; blade obovate to narrowly oblong, entire, distal occasionally dentate. Flower: corolla 1.5--2 mm, white, lobes +- blue. Fruit: 2--3 mm, 1--1.5 mm wide. Chromosomes: 2n=16. Ecology: Moist, generally shaded sites; Elevation: < 700 m. Bioregional Distribution: n SNF; Distribution Outside California: to Washington, Idaho; native to Europe. Flowering Time: May Note: Cultivated for edible leaves. Jepson eFlora Author: Abigail J. Moore Reference: Bell 2007 Molec Phylogen Evol 44:929--941 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Valerianella Next taxon: Valerianella locusta
Citation for this treatment: Abigail J. Moore 2012, Valerianella carinata, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=47750, accessed on March 18, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on March 18, 2024.
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