Eruca vesicaria

Eruca vesicaria, rocket
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Eruca
Species:	E. vesicaria
Binomial name
Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav.
Synonyms
Brassica eruca L. Brassica erucoides Hornem. Brassica erucoides Roxb. Brassica lativalvis Boiss. Brassica pinnatifida Desf. Brassica turgida Pers. Brassica uechtritziana Janka Brassica vesicaria L. Crucifera eruca E.H.L.Krause Eruca aurea Batt. Eruca cappadocica Reut. Eruca cappadocica Reut. ex Boiss. Eruca deserti Pomel Eruca drepanensis Caruel Eruca eruca (L.) Asch. & Graebn. nom. inval. Eruca foetida Moench Eruca glabrescens Jord. Eruca grandiflora Cav. Eruca lanceolata Pomel Eruca latirostris Boiss. Eruca longirostris Uechtr. Eruca longistyla Pomel Eruca oleracea J.St.-Hil. Eruca orthosepala (Lange) Lange Eruca permixta Jord. Eruca pinnatifida (Desf.) Pomel Eruca ruchetta Spach Eruca sativa Mill. Eruca stenocarpa Boiss. & Reut. Eruca sylvestris Bubani Euzomum hispidum Link Euzomum sativum Link Euzomum vesicarium (L.) Link Raphanus eruca (L.) Crantz Raphanus vesicarius (L.) Crantz Sinapis eruca (L.) Clairv. Sinapis eruca (L.) Vest Velleruca longistyla Pomel Velleruca vesicaria (L.) Pomel

Eruca vesicaria (syn. Brassica vesicaria L.) is a species of Eruca native to the western Mediterranean region, in Morocco, Algeria, Spain and Portugal. It is closely related to Eruca sativa, which is included in E. vesicaria by some botanists either as a subspecies E. vesicaria subsp. sativa or not distinguished at all.E. vesicaria can be distinguished from E. sativa by its persistent sepals. Both plants are referred to by the same common names as E. sativa.

It is an annual plant growing to 20–100 cm tall. The leaves are deeply pinnately lobed with four to ten small lateral lobes and a large terminal lobe. The flowers are 2–4 cm diameter, arranged in a corymb, with the typical Brassicaceae flower structure; the petals are creamy white with purple veins, and the stamens yellow; the sepals are persistent after the flower opens. The fruit is a siliqua (pod) 12–25 mm long with an apical beak, and containing several seeds.

It can be used as a leaf vegetable in the same manner as Eruca sativa.

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