Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2010.

Hybrid parent of

Nasturtium ×sterilis Airy-Shaw.

Vernacular names

• cresson de fontaine Darbyshire et al., 2000
• cresson Marie-Victorin, 1995
• cresson officinal Marie-Victorin, 1995

• watercress Harms, 2006
• southern watercress Mulligan, 2002
• true watercress Newmaster & Ragupathy, 2005

Synonyms

• Baeumerta nasturtium-aquaticum (Linnaeus) Hayek TROPICOS
• Baeumerta nasturtium (Moench) G. Gaertner, B. Meyer & Scherbius TROPICOS
• Cardamine nasturtium-aquaticum (Linnaeus) Borbás TROPICOS
• Nasturtium fontanum (Lamarck) Ascherson Koch et al., 2017+
• Nasturtium nasturtium-aquaticum (Linnaeus) H. Karsten nom. inval. TROPICOS
• Nasturtium nasturtium (Moench) Cockerell nom. illeg. TROPICOS
• Radicula nasturtium-aquaticum (Linnaeus) Britten & Rendle TROPICOS
• Radicula nasturtium (Moench) Druce TROPICOS
• Radicula officinalis (W.T. Aiton) H. Groves TROPICOS
• Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (Linnaeus) Hayek FNA Ed. Comm., 2010
• Rorippa nasturtium (Moench) Beck TROPICOS
• Rorippa officinalis (W.T. Aiton) P. Royen TROPICOS
• Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus FNA Ed. Comm., 2010
• Sisymbrium nasturtium (Moench) Willdenow TROPICOS

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Rosanae
Order	Brassicales
Family	Brassicaceae
Tribe	Cardamineae
Genus	Nasturtium
Species	Nasturtium officinale

Habit

Herb