Valeriana cornucopiae

Botanical Description

Valeriana cornucopiae is an erect, branched annual plant that can grow up to 30cm tall[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and has sometimes been cultivated as a substitute for corn salad[ 2 Title Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Publication Author Hedrick. U. P. Publisher Dover Publications Year 1972 ISBN 0-486-20459-6 Description Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references. , 2146 Title Wild food plants of popular use in Sicily Publication Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2007, 3:15, pp 1-12 Author Lentini F. & Venza F. Website http://10.1186/1746-4269-3-15 Publisher Year 2007 ISBN Description ]. An attractive, easily grown plant, it is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].