Valerianella radiata
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Valerianella radiata |
| Common name: | beaked cornsalad |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Valerianaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | annual |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 4 - 24" |
| Foliage: | slightly hairy; basal leaves spoon shaped; stem leaves oblong, broadly rounded |
| Flower: | white, compact panicles, 1/4-1/2" |
| Flowering time: | April - June |
| Habitat: | moist ground of streamsides, fields, meadows, wood and edges |
| Range in New Jersey: | scattered records statewide; 2 known extant sites |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | S1 |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc.: | one site in Cumberland County and one site in Cape May county known to be extant. |