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Valeriana umbilicata
Also called Navel Cornsalad, Navel Shaped Cornsalad, Northern Cornsalad, Northern Valerian, Tall Cornsalad, Navel Shape Cornsalad
Valeriana umbilicata (synonym Valerianella umbilicata), known by the common name navel cornsalad. It is a dicot, annual plant in the flowering plant family Caprifoliaceae. It is native to the Eastern North America and some parts of Canada and has no known uses other than being edible.
Valeriana umbilicata is native to CAN N and L48 N (lower 48 states) and has a known distribution that includes specimens from the central Piedmont to the southern Mountains. This species appears to be absent from the northern mountains and the Piedmont foothills. V. umbilicata is rare and lives in damp and open environments. It thrives in disturbed areas such as damp meadows, bottomland openings, roadsides, marshes, and fields.
This species of cornsalad is not known to be used by wildlife and has no known medical uses, but it can be eaten as a vegetable.
Nuttall's Cornsalad · Beaked Cornsalad · Valeriana extincta · Valeriana dentata · Valeriana eriocarpa · Valeriana locusta · Valeriana ozarkana · Valeriana arkansana · Narrowcell cornsalad · Valeriana vesicaria · Cornsalad
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Valeriana umbilicata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
