Plant and Tree Identification: SOLVED: SOLVED: Is this a weed?

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Author Content megete Neiva, Viana do Cast (Portugal) August 20, 2008 4:19 PM Post #5442878 Is this a weed? Click the image for an enlarged view. suse Bretten (Germany) August 20, 2008 4:37 PM Post #5442975 Maybe Fedia cornucopiae from the Valerianella family, leaves can be eaten as salad [HYPERLINK@www.botanypictures.com] Metrosideros Keaau, HI August 20, 2008 6:13 PM Post #5443314 Fedia or syn. Valerianella is right, but the two above plants are not the same. The leaves are quite edible as the common name for these plants is "Corn Salad". megete Neiva, Viana do Cast (Portugal) August 21, 2008 6:36 AM Post #5445627 Do you think it could be 'valerianella locusta'? Metrosideros Keaau, HI August 22, 2008 1:50 AM Post #5450785 Valerianella locusta is a possibility, it a European plant. The leaves are similar, but my book states that the flowers are blue. suse Bretten (Germany) August 22, 2008 4:22 AM Post #5450941 Megete, Valerianella locusta is the common "Feldsalat" , corn salad, lamb's lettuce or field salad, which is commercially grown for salad in many cultivars. [HYPERLINK@images.google.de] I believe, yours is a sort of fedia [HYPERLINK@images.google.de] megete Neiva, Viana do Cast (Portugal) August 22, 2008 9:58 AM Post #5451642 Thanks, Suse. I'll continue consulting my limited sources of information and let you know if there is some progress.

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