Valerianella eriocarpa, Desv.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 51

18. V. eriocarpa Desv. , Jour. Bot. Redige 2: 314 (1809).

Fruits 1 -5-2 mm. Calyx obliquely coroniform, almost as wide and long

as fruit, with 6 usually subequal teeth. 2n = 16. S. & W. Europe, northwards to Scotland, but native only in S. Europe. Al Be BI Br

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Cultivated for salad in various parts of Europe.

Plants with obliquely truncate, auriculiform-acuminate calyx without or with few, more or less distinct teeth have been called

V. muricata (Steven ex Bieb.) J. W. Loudon in Loudon, Hort.

Brit. ed. 4, Suppl. 654 (1850) (К ibizae Sennen & Elias, V. truncata (Reichenb.) Betcke ); they have 2« = 16 and their status is uncertain.