Brassicaceae FAMILY

Nasturtium x sterile

Edibility

4/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

Whilst the plant is very wholesome and nutritious, some care should be taken if harvesting it from the wild. Any plants growing in water that drains from fields where animals, particularly sheep, graze should not be used raw. This is due to the risk of it being infested with the liver fluke parasite[ 5 Title Food for Free. Publication Author Mabey. R. Publisher Collins Year 1974 ISBN 0-00-219060-5 Description Edible wild plants found in Britain. Fairly comprehensive, very few pictures and rather optimistic on the desirability of some of the plants. , 244 Title Herbs Publication Author Phillips. R. & Foy. N. Publisher Pan Books Ltd. London. Year 1990 ISBN 0-330-30725-8 Description Deals with all types of herbs including medicinal, culinary, scented and dye plants. Excellent photographs with quite good information on each plant. ]. Cooking the leaves, however, will destroy any parasites and render the plant perfectly safe to eat[ 244 Title Herbs Publication Author Phillips. R. & Foy. N. Publisher Pan Books Ltd. London. Year 1990 ISBN 0-330-30725-8 Description Deals with all types of herbs including medicinal, culinary, scented and dye plants. Excellent photographs with quite good information on each plant. ].

Botanical Description

Nasturtium x sterile is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.50 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern Britain in Britain and France.

HabitatStream margins, ditches, flushes etc with moving water[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 27 Title The Vegetable Garden. Publication Author Vilmorin. A. Publisher Ten Speed Press Year ISBN 0-89815-041-8 Description A reprint of a nineteenth century classic, giving details of vegetable varieties. Not really that informative though. ], usually in chalk or limestone areas[ 52 Title Salads all the Year Round. Publication Author Larkcom. J. Publisher Hamlyn Year 1980 ISBN Description A good and comprehensive guide to temperate salad plants, with full organic details of cultivation. ].