Nasturtium
Synonyms
Nasturtium officinale
Nasturtium officinales
Nasturtiums
Rorippa nasturtium aquaticum
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticums
nasturtium-aquaticum, Rorippa
officinales, Nasturtium
A plant genus of the family BRASSICACEAE. Nasturtium is also used as a common name for TROPAEOLUM. The common name of watercress is also used for RORIPPA & TROPAEOLUM. This is the most popular of the edible cresses, is a hardy creeping perennial plant, native to Europe but extensively naturalized elsewhere in moist places.