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Valerianella dentata (L.) Pollich

narrow-fruited corn-salad (Valerianaceae)

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Valerianella dentata is a declining arable weed found in less intensively managed cornfields over chalk or limestone.

Windrush (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2019-06-06

 narrow-fruited corn-salad / Valerianella dentata: _Valerianella dentata_ is a declining arable weed found in less intensively managed cornfields over chalk or limestone.

Valerianella dentata can only be told from the rarer Valerianella rimosa by the presence of minute teeth on the shoulders of the largest calyx-tooth.

Windrush (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2019-06-06

 narrow-fruited corn-salad / Valerianella dentata: _Valerianella dentata_ can only be told from the rarer _Valerianella rimosa_ by the presence of minute teeth on the shoulders of the largest calyx-tooth.

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