| | | A cultivated aqueous plant with edible leaves and hollow stems, native to Europe and Asia. A barssica and closely related to both cress and mustard, the small green or occasionally red leaves have a distinctive peppery flavour. An invasive plant and regarded as one of the oldest leaf vegetables, known to have been grown by English monks in the 1400’s and first recorded in North America in 1847. Latin name Nasturtium officinale. | |