Common Name

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Horse-Radish from Cabbage Family

Botanical Name

Cochlearia armoracia (was Armoracia rusticana)

Soil

In fields, waste places and on stream banks throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Rare in Ireland

Sun Aspect

Full Sun

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Stout perennial herb with thick tap-root-like stocks, branched above and continuous downwards with the very long fleshy cylindrical roots. From the stocks arise subterranean stolons and erect leafy stems up to 3 feet high, with numerous erect slender branches above.

Height x Spread in feet

3 x 2

Foliage

Wavy and slightly toothed, sometimes very deeply cut, green foliage

Flower Colour in Month(s). Seeds

White in May-August followed by seed-pods, which rarely ripen in Britain.

Comment

Visited by various small insects.

Often cultivated for the condiment prepared from the roots.