it tends to bolt to seed. Corn salad grows wild in parts of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia. In Europe and Asia it is a common weed in cultivated land and waste spaces. In North America it has escaped cultivation and become naturalized on both the eastern and western seaboards.

History
Mache was originally foraged by European peasants until the royal gardener of King Louis XIV, de Quintinie, introduced corn salad to the world.

Nutrition
Like other formerly foraged greens, mache has many nutrients, including three times as much Vitamin C than lettuce, beta-carotene, B6, B9, Vitamin E, and omega-3 fatty acids.