| Accepted name: |
Nasturtium officinale R.Br. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Nasturtium nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Karsten
-Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
-Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek
-Rorippa officinale var. siifolium (Reichenb.) W.D.J. Koch
-Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum L.
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| English names: |
True Water-cress
Water-cress
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| French names: |
Cresson officinal
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HNASOF
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
As a medicinal plant and wild vegetable this species was already well-known in the ancient time(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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