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Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
watercress

       
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Photo of Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

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Synonyms:
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

  NANA2 Nasturtium nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Karsten  
  NAOFS Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton var. siifolium (Rchb.) W.D.J. Koch  
  RONA2 Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek   watercress
  SINA4 Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum L.  
 

Distribution:
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

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USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 5 species in Nasturtium
 

Classification:
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

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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 Nasturtium R. Br.
Species Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton – watercress
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Connecticut:
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
watercress              Potentially invasive, banned
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

watercress
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
watercress

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
 

Introduced Information:
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

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More Accounts and Images:
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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