Nasturtium officinale
Watercress, Biolar, Common Watercress, Biolar uisce, Water-cress, Yellowcress, Kowhitiwhiti, Stercors, Water Cress, Lēkō
Description
Nasuturtium officinale, also known as watercress, is a herbaceous plant cultivated as an annual with a very short cycle and appreciated in Mediterranean cuisine for its foliage with a pronounced, strong and intense taste, as well as officinal as a source of minerals and vitamins.
It can be grown in the open field but also in tubs or pots, ensuring it is exposed to half-shade or afternoon sun in soil free of water stagnation and paying particular attention to watering and fertilisation, commensurate with the plant's needs.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Nasturtium
- Species
- Nasturtium officinale
Synonyms (21)
- Arabis nasturtium
- Baeumerta nasturtium
- Cardamine aquatica
- Cardamine nasturtium-aquaticum
- Cardaminum nasturtium
- Crucifera fontana
- Nasturtium alexandrinum
- Nasturtium flexuosum
- Nasturtium parvifolium
- Nasturtium roridulum
- Nasturtium siifolium
- Radicula nasturtium
- Radicula nasturtium-aquaticum
- Radicula officinalis
- Rorippa nasturtium
- Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
- Rorippa officinalis
- Sisymbrium amarum
- Sisymbrium fluviatile
- Sisymbrium nasturtium
- Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum
