Eruca foleyi
Edible Rocket
Eruca vesicaria
(L.) Cav. Species
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- Botanical name
- Eruca vesicaria
- Also known as
- Edible Rocket, Garden Rocket, Rocket-Salad, Rocketsalad, Salad Rocket
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Eruca
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Edible Rocket
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Eruca vesicaria but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Brassica erucoides
Brassica erucoides
Brassica hispida
Brassica turgida
Brassica uechtritziana
Brassica vesicaria
Crucifera eruca
Eruca aurea
Eruca cappadocica
Eruca glabrescens
Eruca longistyla
Eruca orthosepala
Eruca permixta
Eruca ruchetta
Eruca subbipinnata
Eruca sylvestris
Eruca vesicaria subvar. hispida
Eruca vesicaria subvar. oleracea
Euzomum hispidum
Euzomum vesicarium
Raphanus vesicarius
Sinapis exotica
Velleruca longistyla
Velleruca vesicaria
Others in Eruca
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