Garden Rocket - Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativus
Annual, pinnately lobed leaves, white/cream petals with characteristic violet veins; the outer two petals pouched at the base. Fruit with a flattened, seedless beak.
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Waste land, cultivated land
Often grown for salad leaves, and increasingly found as an escape from cultivation
Not known
Stace, C. (2019) New Flora of the British Isles (4th edn.). C & M Floristics
Dylan
Melton Dalby Road
31 May 2023
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- Wildflowers
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 31/05/2023 (Pugh, Dylan)
- Last record:
- 31/05/2023 (Pugh, Dylan)
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Dylan
Melton Dalby Road
31 May 2023
Garden Rocket
Dylan
Melton Dalby Road
31 May 2023
Garden Rocket
Dylan
Melton Dalby Road
31 May 2023
Garden Rocket
