Nasturtium officinale

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Family:BRASSICACEAE
Species:Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
Common Name:Watercress
Habitat:Edges of freshwater streams, ditches and springs.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:NAOF
Plant Notes:Watercress is an introduced perennial in the Mustard family (Brassicaceae). It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. In Alabama it can be found in the northern half of the state. Watercress grows in shallow water of springs, small streams, ditches, and lakes. Watercress has glabrous, hollow stems that grow to a height of 1-2 feet. The stems frequently fall over and root. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, and pinnately divided into 3-13 leaflets. The lateral leaflets are smaller than the terminal leaflet. Leaflets are sessile or short petiolulate, ovate to lanceolate in outline, with entire or repand (slightly undulating) margins. Flowers are produced in terminal corymbose racemes. Each flower has 4 white or pink petals. The fruit is a silique. Watercress often forms dense stands in spring runs. It is eaten by many animals, and provided shelter and cover for aquatic organisms. It is considered a noxious weed in 46 states. Watercress is eaten by humans in salads and as used a garnish for its spicy, pungent flavor. The taste comes from two compounds (glucosinolate and myrosinase) that are produced by the plant to prevent herbivory. Watercress is often cultivated. It prefers cool running water, and does best in alkaline situations.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, OBL (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyBRASSICACEAE - Mustard family
Genus Nasturtium
Species Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton - Watercress

Citation

Citation Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton, Hort. Kew., ed. 2 [W.T. Aiton] 4: 110. 1812.
Basionym: REPLACED: Cardaminum nasturtium Moench 1794.; Sisymbrium nasturtium (Moench) Willd. 1800[1801].
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 836.1). Lectotypified by Jonsell, Svensk. Bot. Tidskr. 67: 293. 1973.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Baeumerta nasturtium Baeumerta nasturtium P. Gaertner et al., Oekon Fl. Wetterau 2: 467. 1800, nom. illegit.Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753.  
Cardamine aquatica Cardamine aquatica Nieuwland, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 34. 1915, nom. illegit.Nasturtium aquaticum Wahlenberg 1824, nom. illegit.; Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Cardamine fontana Cardamine fontana Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 2: 499. 1779 ("1778"), nom. illegit.Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Cardamine nasturtium Cardamine nasturtium Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 22. 1891, nom. illegit.Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753.  
Cardamine nasturtium-aquaticum Cardamine nasturtium-aquaticum (Linnaeus) Borbás, Balaton Fl. 390. 1900.Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Cardaminum nasturtium Cardaminum nasturtium Moench, Methodus 262. 1794, nom. illegit.Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753.  
Crucifera fontana Crucifera fontana E. H. L. Krause, in Sturm, Fl. Deutschl., ed. 2. 6: 109, pl. 9. 1902, nom. illegit.Cardamine fontana Lamarck 1779, nom. illegit.; Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Nasturtium aquaticum Nasturtium aquaticum Wahlenberg, in Palmstruch, Svensk Bot. 9: t. 624. 1824, nom. illegit.; Garsault ex Thellung, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2. 8: 902. 1908, nom. illegit.Nasturtium officinale R. Brown 1812; Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Nasturtium fontanum Nasturtium fontanum Ascherson, Fl. Brandenburg 32.  Nasturtium officinale R. Brown 1812; Cardamine fontana Lamarck 1779, nom. illegit.; Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Nasturtium nasturtium Nasturtium nasturtium Cockerell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 95. 1892, nom. illegit. et inadmiss.Nasturtium officinale R. Brown 1812; Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Nasturtium nasturtium-aquaticum Nasturtium nasturtium-aquaticum (Linnaeus) H. Karsten, Deut. Fl. 657. 1882, nom. inadmiss.Nasturtium officinale R. Brown 1812; Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Nasturtium officinale var. siifolium Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton, var. siifolium (Reichenbach) Alefeld, Landw. Fl. 231. 1866.Nasturtium siifolium Reichenbach 1832. 
Nasturtium officinale var. vulgare Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton, var. vulgare Alefeld, Landw. Fl. 231. 1866, nom. inadmiss.Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton 1812; Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Nasturtium siifolium Nasturtium siifolium Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 683. 1832.  
Radicula nasturtium-aquaticum Radicula nasturtium-aquaticum (Linnaeus) Rendle & Britten, List. Brit. Seed Pl. 3. 1907.Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Radicula officinalis Radicula officinalis (W.T. Aiton) H. Groves, in Babington, Man. Brit. Bot., ed. 9. 26. 1904, nom. illegit.Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton 1812; Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Rorippa nasturtium var. typica Rorippa nasturtium Beck, var. typica Beck, Fl. Nieder-Oesterreich 463. 1892, nom. inadmiss.Rorippa nasturtium Beck 1892, nom. illegit.; Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Rorippa officinalis Rorippa officinalis (W.T. Aiton) P. Royen, Alp. Fl. New Guinea 3: 2029. 1982, nom. illegit.Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton 1812; Sisymbrium nasturtium- aquaticum Linnaeus 1753. 
Rorippa nasturtium Rorippa nasturtium Beck, Fl. Nieder-Oesterreich 463. 1892, nom. illegit.Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753.  
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (Linnaeus) Hayek, Sched. Fl. Stiriac. 22. 1904.Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753.  
Sisymbrium amarum Sisymbrium amarum Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 270. 1796, nom. illegit.Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753.  
Sisymbrium fluviatile Sisymbrium fluviatile Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. 271. 1829 ("1825").  
Sisymbrium nasturtium Sisymbrium nasturtium Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 260. 1784, nom. illegit.Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus 1753.  
Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 657. 1753. Without data (lectotype: LINN 836.1). Lectotypified by Jonsell, Svensk. Bot. Tidskr. 67: 293. 1973.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Morgan, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1880 - 1990

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AMAL00010963 Jefferson 10 Jul 1986 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2478		 AMAL
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012802 Marshall 10 Apr 1966 Brown, Donald H.
22		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
SAMF0003501 Calhoun 19 Sep 1986 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2518		 SAMF
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
JSU117340 Madison 11 May 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
8359		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012804 Calhoun 25 Jul 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7478		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
AMAL00006108 Madison 15 Jun 1996 Threlkeld, Steven J.
638		 AMAL
Nasturtium officinale R. Br.
JSU117337 Lawrence 4 May 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17470		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
AMAL00017752 Lawrence 07 Jun 1981 Kral, Robert
67346		 AMAL
Nasturtium officinale R.Br.
TROY000048957 Limestone 04 May 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3587		 TROY
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
AUA000040216 Marshall 21 May 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP1699		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
UWAL0009763 Franklin 10 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
6910		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
JSU117336 Lauderdale 13 Apr 1967 Frutiger, John
42		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00021771 Tuscaloosa 16 Jan 1990 Burckhalter, Robert
1755		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
AUA_ACC_70488 Bibb 1 May 2008 Davenport, L.J.
3811		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
SAMF0008348 Blount 03 May 2023 Davenport, L.J.
7082		 SAMF
Naturtium officinale W. T. Aiton
SAMF0003495 Etowah 30 Jul 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3988		 SAMF
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
JSU118129 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9340		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012813 Jackson 16 Mar 1966 Tucker, Charles E.
75		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
AUA_ACC_40785 Etowah 16 Apr 1976 Atkinson, T.A.
1406		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
AMAL00007316 St. Clair 23 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11752		 AMAL
Nasturtium officinale Ait. F.
AUA_ACC_35723 Jefferson 15 May 1971 James, Audrey
151		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
SAMF0003503 Jefferson 15 Apr 1955 Smith, Joanna
s.n.		 SAMF
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UWAL0008194 Lawrence 07 Jun 1981 Kral, Robert
67346		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f
UNA00065156 Jefferson 10 Jul 1986 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2478		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
JSU117332 Etowah 1 Apr 1971 Hill, Tommy C.
s.n.		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012816 Calhoun 07 May 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7105		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
AUA_ACC_41115 Cherokee 5 May 1972 Hale, A.R.
119		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
TROY000036682 Franklin 10 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
6910		 TROY
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
JSU118121 Madison 10 Jun 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1772		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
AMAL00018342 Lauderdale 16 Mar 2010 Holt, Brian D.
SC-266		 AMAL
Nasturtium officinale Ait. F.
TROY000017238 Jefferson 10 Jul 1986 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2478		 TROY
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
JSU117334 Jackson 30 Mar 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
469		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UWAL0015282 Limestone 04 May 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3587		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
JSU117325 Calhoun 1 May 1967 Boone, W.E. (Bill)
s.n.		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UWAL0045960 Calhoun 23 May 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15300		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
UWAL0017520 Marengo 20 Apr 2013 England, J. Kevin
4176		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
JSU117324 Blount 27 Mar 1999 Keener, Brian R.
1837		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012803 Tuscaloosa 28 May 1950 Williams, B.C.
s.n.		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
UNA00012810 Calhoun 21 Jun 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
854		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
JSU117326 Calhoun 17 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
996		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012807 Blount 04 Jun 1979 Wiersema, John H.
806		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
AUA_ACC_66200 Jefferson 10 Jul 1986 Davenport, L.J.
2478		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
TROY000042476 Bibb 14 May 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26346		 TROY
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
JSU117331 Etowah 10 Aug 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
614		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
AMAL00020434 Calhoun 07 May 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7105		 AMAL
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
ALNHS00008181 Etowah 03 May 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#6029		 ALNHS
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
AUA_ACC_41391 Lee 18 May 1973 Kelso, Emily
145		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
JSU118127 St. Clair 5 May 1984 Beavers, Donna D.
s.n.		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
AUA000038365 Morgan 3 Apr 2016 England, J. Kevin
6066		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
UWAL0008192 Etowah 30 Jul 2009 Davenport, L.J.
3988		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f
SAMF0006044 Jefferson 20 Oct 2015 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6002		 SAMF
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012814 Limestone 01 Aug 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6807		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
UNA00054116 Blount 10 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
767		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
JSU117329 Etowah 12 Jun 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2371		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012808 Jefferson 28 Jul 1880 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
JSU117339 Limestone 29 May 1997 Hofmann, Tim L.
00543		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
AUA000039250 Blount 22 Apr 1930 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
AMAL00009618 Bibb 01 May 2008 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3811		 AMAL
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00017377 DeKalb 24 Apr 1987 Bowers, Frank D.
13251		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
AMAL00020433 Calhoun 25 Apr 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
3573		 AMAL
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
TROY000017237 Calhoun 15 Apr 1970 Tuder, Jessica
s.n.		 TROY
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
JSU117322 Bibb 13 May 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13422		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
ALNHS00005532 Franklin 10 Apr 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3617		 ALNHS
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
SAMF0003502 Jefferson 14 Jul 2003 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2882		 SAMF
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00054251 Blount 27 Mar 1999 Keener, Brian R.
1837		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
AUA_ACC_14038 Calhoun 23 Apr 1968 O'Neal, Judy
 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
AUA_ACC_41390 Etowah 6 May 1973 Ponder, William
206		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
SAMF0003500 Jefferson 10 Jul 1986 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2467		 SAMF
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UWAL0050777 Etowah 04 May 1973 Villadsen, Martha
229		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
SAMF0003496 Jefferson 10 Jul 1986 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2478		 SAMF
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UWAL0008191 Bibb 01 May 2008 Davenport, L.J.
3811		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f
JSU118123 Madison 10 Jun 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1772		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
AUA_ACC_72518 Marengo 20 Apr 2013 England, J. Kevin
4176		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
JSU117328 Calhoun 26 Apr 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
177		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012801 Marshall s.d. Thomas, Jerry P.
13		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
JSU117323 Bibb 13 May 1983 Nixon, Christopher F.
330		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012812 Madison 01 Sep 1979 Meigs, Russell A.
247		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
UNA00012806 Lauderdale 01 Aug 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
706		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
JSU117333 Franklin 28 Apr 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16416		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
SAMF0003498 Blount 03 Jun 2005 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3208		 SAMF
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00061234 St. Clair 23 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11752		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
AUA_ACC_25752 Franklin 16 Apr 1965 Kral, Robert
23559		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
TROY000017239 St. Clair 23 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11752		 TROY
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
AUA_ACC_33529 Bibb 12 Apr 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
946		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
JSU118122 Madison 10 Jun 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1772		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
AUA_ACC_2446 Lee 8 Apr 1949 Duncan, Wilbur H.
9252		 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
JSU117327 Calhoun 23 Apr 1968 Brown, Dickie
s.n.		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UWAL0030376 Bibb 14 May 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26346		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale R.Brown
JSU117338 Lee 18 May 1973 McCullers, R.B.
189		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012805 Jackson 09 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
465		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
UWAL0008193 Lawrence 29 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1779		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
JSU117335 Jackson 27 May 1972 Whetstone, R. David
130		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
ALNHS00003067 Marshall 21 May 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1699		 ALNHS
Nasturtium officinale Ait. F.
SAMF0003497 Bibb 01 May 2008 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3811		 SAMF
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012811 Jackson 06 Jun 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
781		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
JSU118130 Talladega 18 Apr 1982 Whetstone, R. David
10911		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
TROY000046692 Marengo 20 Apr 2013 England, J. Kevin
4176		 TROY
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
JSU118126 Marshall 28 Oct 1995 Spaulding, Daniel D.
7392		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UWAL0047750 Lawrence 28 Mar 2006 England, J. Kevin
488		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
JSU117330 Etowah 26 Apr 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1244		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
AUA_ACC_19853 Lauderdale 21 May 1970 Stephenson, Oscar
 AUA
Nasturtium Officinale W.T. Aiton
JSU143249 Calhoun 23 Apr 1968 Stuart, Martha
s.n.		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
TROY000017228 Etowah 16 Apr 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1406		 TROY
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
JSU118128 St. Clair 13 Oct 1984 Nixon, Christopher F.
984		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012815 Bibb 11 Apr 1979 Wiersema, John H.
548		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
SAMF0003499 Jefferson 10 May 2005 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3175		 SAMF
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UNA00012809 Lee 20 Jun 1980 Davenport, Lawrence J.
1941		 UNA
Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.
JSU118125 Madison 28 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
1014		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
JSU118124 Madison 10 Jun 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8391		 JSU
Nasturtium officinale R. Brown
UWAL0032267 Morgan 03 Apr 2016 England, J. Kevin
6066		 UWAL
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
BRIT67476 Bibb 11 Aug 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1815		 BRIT
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
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