Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Eruca sativa
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Eruca eruca
COMMON NAME:
Arugula, Garden Rocket, Rocket-salad, Salad-rocket
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erer10_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_eruca_sativa
March
The earliest cultivation of subsp. sativa dates to ancient Romans & Greeks, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_eruca_sativa_b
March
Petals cream or yellow (w dark veins), broadly obovate, claw differentiated, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_eruca_sativa_c
March
Sepals (sometimes persistent), erect, oblong [linear], (connivent), per Flora of North America.