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watercress
Nasturtium officinale
Watercress is an aquatic plant species with the botanical name Nasturtium officinale. This should not be confused with the profoundly different and unrelated group of plants with the common name of nasturtium, within the genus Tropaeolum.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.204
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.203
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.231
Herbarius
1485 · p.204
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.201
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.205
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.280
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.203
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.147
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.285
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.757
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.755
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Nasturtium officinale in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 78174.