Erucaria hispanica
an annual or biennial member of the Erucaria genus in the family Brassicaceae.
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Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Erucaria
- Life cycle
- annual, biennial
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Edible uses
Leaves and young shoots - raw or cooked[4][5]. Fleshy[4][5]. There are no edible uses listed for Erucaria hispanica.
Environment
- Range
- Europe to the Middle East - Greece and Turkey to Arabia.
- Habitat
- Cultivated land and waste places[2].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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Seed -
Cultivation
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None known
References
Uphof. J. C. Th. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Weinheim 1959-00-00
? Flora Europaea Cambridge University Press 1964-00-00
Usher. G. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable 1974-00-00 ISBN 0094579202
Uphof. J. C. Th. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Weinheim (1959-00-00)
Usher. G. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable ISBN 0094579202 (1974-00-00)