| Plants : Brassicaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Armoracia rusticana |
Description: This is a kitchen-garden escape which seems to be frequent in sandy ground on seashores, especially around the Co. Down coast. It is also occasionally found in waste ground or on tips inland. The leaves are large with rounded teeth along the edges; the white flowers are carried in long leafy spikes; the fruit is globular in shape.
All names: Armoracia rusticana Gaertner, & Scherb.; Armoracia lapathifolia Gilib; Cochlearia armoracia L.
Distribution Map from NBN: Armoracia rusticana at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Armoracia rusticana at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Armoracia rusticana. Gaertner, & Scherb.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2871. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |