Diplotaxis muralis
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Wall rocket, Perennial rocket
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable
The leaves are eaten raw. They can be finely chopped and added sparingly to salads or used as a flavouring in cooked dishes. The flavour is piquant, somewhat resembling rocket (Eruca sativa), but with a sharp aftertaste.
Where to Find It
It grows in warm temperate places. It grows on sandy soils, sand dunes and in limestone areas. It is hardy to frost. In Argentina it grows between sea level and 700 m above sea level. Tasmania Herbarium. It suits hardiness zone 7.
Africa, Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Balkans, Britain, Bulgaria, Canada, Caribbean, Chile, China, Dominican Republic, Europe*, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Libya, Luxembourg, Mediterranean, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Africa, North America, Poland, Portugal - Madeira Islands, Romania, Russia, Sicily, South Africa, South America, Spain, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tunisia, Turkey, Türkiye, Ukraine, USA, West Indies, Yugoslavia,
How to Identify
A cabbage family herb. It is an annual plant. It is an erect plant. It grows 8-60 cm high. It has hairs on the lower stem. The leaves are narrowly oval and 2-9 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. The flowers are pale yellow.
How to Grow
Plants are grown from seed. Seed are sown directly where they are to grow.
Propagation: Seed is best sown in situ as soon as it is ripe, though it can also be sown in situ in spring. Germination usually occurs in autumn.
Medicinal Uses
None known
Other Uses
None known Special Uses Food Forest
Wikipedia
Source ↗Diplotaxis muralis, the annual wall-rocket, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. This plant is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, but it is found throughout the temperate world, where it has naturalized. This is an erect mustard-like plant rarely reaching half a meter in height. It has lobed leaves and its stems are topped with dense inflorescences of yellow, or occasionally light purple, flowers with small oval petals and large anthers. The fruit is a podlike silique two to four centimeters long.
Other Information
It is a commercially cultivated vegetable.
Names & Synonyms
Erva diaulina, Flor amarilla, Jaramago amarillo, Mostacilla, Rucola selvatica, Sylvetta, Wild arugula
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