London Rocket

Sisymbrium irio

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Botanical name
Sisymbrium irio
Also known as
London Rocket, London-Rocket
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Sisymbrium
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow London Rocket

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Sisymbrium irio but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Arabis charbonnelii Crucifera irio Descurainia irio Erysimum irio Erysimum irio Hesperis iriodes Hesperis maxima Hesperis subulata Irio ruderalis Norta irio Phryne laxata Sisymbrium erysimastrum Sisymbrium filiforme Sisymbrium glabrum Sisymbrium irio var. dasycarpum Sisymbrium irio var. leiocarpum Sisymbrium irioides Sisymbrium latifolium Sisymbrium maximum Sisymbrium multisiliquosum Sisymbrium pinnatifidum Sisymbrium subulatum

Others in Sisymbrium

Sisymbrium austriacum
Austrian Rocket
Sisymbrium brassiciforme
Sisymbrium burchellii
Sisymbrium burchellii var. burchellii
Sisymbrium capense
Sisymbrium cavanillesianum
Sisymbrium chrysanthum
Sisymbrium damascenum

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