Eruca vesicaria
Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa
arugula, garden rocket, rocket, rocketsalad
arugula, garden-rocket, rocket, rocket-salad
(1)2–8(10) dm, retrorsely hirsute.
oblanceolate; (2)4–15(20) × (1)2–4(6) cm;
lateral lobes 3–9 on each side;
margins entire or dentate;
petioles (1)2–5(7) cm.
upper lobed or not, subsessile.
fruiting pedicels erect to ascending, subappressed to rachis, 2–8(10) mm.
sepals (6)7–10(12) mm;
petals (12)15–20(26) × (4)5–7(9) mm.
(11)15–35(40) × (2.5)3–5 mm; terminal segments (4)5–10(11) mm;
valves (0.7)1–2.5(3.2) mm, glabrous or retrorsely hirsute.
1.6–2.5 mm in diameter.
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Eruca vesicaria
Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa
Fields, waste places, roadsides, disturbed areas, gravelly slopes, sandy plains, open rangelands. Flowering Mar–Sep. 0–1200 m. Sisk, WV. CA, NV, WA; scattered throughout North America; Africa, Asia, Europe. Exotic.
This taxon, which is widely cultivated as a salad plant and for its seeds as a source of industrial oils, is naturalized worldwide.
Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
- Local floras:
BC, 
OR, 
WA - Local Web sites:
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria 
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database- LBJ Wildflower Center
- SEINet
- Plants of the World Online
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
- Google Image Search
- Local floras: BC,
CA, OR, WA - Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria
- WildflowerSearch
- iNaturalist (observations)
- USDA Plants Database
- LBJ Wildflower Center
- SEINet
- Plants of the World Online
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
- Google Image Search
