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Siberian horseradish

Armoracia sisymbrioides

Siberian horseradish
Photo: Rodion Andreev, CC BY 4.0

Siberian horseradish is a hardy perennial in the cabbage family, native to cold temperate parts of Eastern Europe and Asia. It is grown mainly as a robust, cold-tolerant ground cover or herb rather than a common garden plant.

Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during dry spells, especially in the first season, and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Moist, fertile, well-drained soil
Temperature
Hardy to very cold winters; grows best in cool temperate conditions
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
SE. European Russia to Sakhalin and E. Kazakhstan
Climate
temperate

About

Armoracia sisymbrioides is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family, Brassicaceae. It is native to Asia.

It was first formally named Cochlearia sisymbroides in 1821 and was transferred to the genus Armoracia in 1902.

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Horseradish · Horseradish

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Armoracia sisymbrioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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