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Sisymbrium irio
Also called Rocketmustard
London rocket is a winter annual wild mustard in the cabbage family, native to the Middle East, North Africa and southern Europe, and now found widely as a weed of dry, disturbed ground. Its leaves, seeds and flowers are edible with a peppery, rocket-like flavour.
Sisymbrium irio, London rocket, is a flowering plant in the cabbage family. Its English common name originated when it flourished after the Great Fire of London in 1666, although it is not native to Britain and it does not tend to persist there.
It is native to the Middle East, north Africa and southern Europe, and which has spread widely around the world as an invasive plant of dry, disturbed land in towns, deserts and farmland. It has traditionally been used as a medicinal herb for a variety of ailments.
London rocket is thought to be native in the Middle East and as far eastward as northwest India or Mongolia, and westward throughout North Africa and southern Europe. It has been introduced to North America, where it is considered something of a pest species in the southern US and Mexico, and to South America, Australasia and southern Africa. It has also spread as far east as Korea and Japan.
In desert regions of Arabia and Egypt, London rocket is considered an important source of fodder for livestock.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sisymbrium irio 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.
