Copy permalink to share
Brassicaceae
Eruca

*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.

Glossary (beta!)

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

Show in key(s)

Show parent genus | Show parent in key(s)

Your browser does not support SVGs

Hover over a shape, letter, icon, or arrow on the map for definition or see the legend.

image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Michal Honskus, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Michal Honskus source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© María Eugenia Mendiola González, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by María Eugenia Mendiola González source CC-BY-SA | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Michal Honskus, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Michal Honskus source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷

Feedback

See something missing or incorrect about Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa? Let us know here:

  1. Please include your name and if possible, email in case when need to clarify what you wrote.
  2. If you opt out of including email, please be as specific as possible (e.g., which photo is incorrect?)
  3. Please do not submit questions asking to identify plants or about horticultural topics (e.g., how do I control an invasive plant in my garden?). Instead, those questions can be submitted here for the Carolinas region only.
  4. Please do not send us feedback about unkeyed species as this work is ongoing.
  5. Please allow time for flora edits to show in our next data release. We greatly appreciate your feedback but may require extra time to research complicated taxonomic issues.

Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro:

Stems:

Leaves:

Inforescence:

Flowers:

Fruits:

Comments:

Height:

plant sale text:

bloom table text:

description:

stems:

leaves:

inflorescence:

flowers:

fruits:

comments:

cultural notes:

germination code:

native range: Mediterranean



0 unsaved edits on this page.