PLANTS Profile for Eruca vesicaria ssp. sativa (rocketsalad)

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PLANTS Profile

Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung
rocketsalad


Symbol:		ERVES
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Brassicaceae
Growth Habit:		Forb/herb
Duration:		Annual
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Line Drawing of Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung

Eruca eruca

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 2: 192. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Guidelines.

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Plant Synonyms:
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung

	BRER4	Brassica eruca L.
	ERER10	Eruca eruca (L.) Aschers. & Graebn.
	ERSA7	Eruca sativa P. Mill.
	RAER	Raphanus eruca (L.) Crantz

Plant Distribution by State:
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung

State Distributional Map for Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung

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Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung occures in the following states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming

Related Taxa:
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 1 species in Eruca, 1 subspecies in Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav.

Classification:
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae –
Order	Capparales –
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Eruca P. Mill. – rocketsalad
Species	Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. – rocketsalad
Subspecies	Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung – rocketsalad

Introduced Information:
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524057.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. ssp. sativa (P. Mill.) Thellung

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