Watercress
Scientific Name: Nasturtium officinale
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Tentative Identification.
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Watercress
| Genus species: | Nasturtium officinale | |||||||||||
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| Synonym: | Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum | |||||||||||
| Common Name: | Watercress | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Brassicaceae 
Annual, biennial, and perennial herbs; leaves usually alternate; flowers bisexual, regular (4-petaled, with 6 stamens--- 4 long and 2 short), in racemes; seed capsules two-parted. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Nonnative | |||||||||||
| Category: | Aquatic | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | White | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | B. Dole | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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