Nasturtium officinale
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Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare
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Greystone Park Nature Reserve, Harare
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Mukuvisi River
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Mukuvisi Woodland
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Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek |
| Common names: | Watercress (English) |
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| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Perennial aquatic herb often rooting at the nodes with procumbent or ascending stems to 1 m. Lower leaves pinnate with 1-3 leaflets; upper sessile with 5-9 or more leaflets; leaflets all entire to sinuate. Flowers white in terminal racemes. Siliqua 10-18 mm. |
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| Flowering time: | Aug - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Europe, North Africa and Asia; introduced elsewhere |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 40. Exell, A.W. (1960). Brassicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 185. as Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 31. as Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 41. |
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