*Eruca vesicaria (Linnaeus) Cavanilles ssp. sativa (P. Miller) Thellung. Common name: Garden Rocket, Rocket-salad, Arugula. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Cultivated as a salad green, persistent around gardens or occurring as a waif. Distribution: Native of Mediterranean Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA7, Il, K4, NE, NY, Al-Shehbaz (1985b), Rollins (1993); = Eruca sativa Mill. — C, F, GrPl, Tx, WV; < Eruca eruca (L.) Asch. & Graebn. — S; < Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. — G, Mi, Pa. Basionym: Eruca sativa Mill. 1768
Links to other floras: = Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa - FNA7
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