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Watercress, Nasturtium officinale, is an aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial in the mustard family, native to Europe and Asia and naturalized in many other regions. It grows in cool, flowing freshwater and produces hollow stems, compound leaves, small white flowers, and peppery edible foliage. Watercr...
Cut-leaved toothwort, Cardamine concatenata, is a spring ephemeral native to deciduous forests of eastern North America. It emerges before the forest canopy closes, producing deeply divided leaves and clusters of small white or pale pink flowers with four petals, a characteristic of the mustard fami...
Spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa) is a perennial wildflower in the mustard family native to eastern North America. It produces clusters of four-petaled white flowers in spring and has a rounded, tuber-like underground base reflected in its scientific name. The species inhabits wet meadows, marshes, f...
A Eurasian annual weed naturalized on every inhabited continent and considered one of the world's most widespread flowering plants, named for its heart-shaped seed pods.
A Eurasian biennial naturalized across North America, one of the earliest spring-blooming mustards, with young leaves historically consumed as a winter salad green.
A Eurasian annual weed (Sinapis arvensis) naturalized across North America and considered a major pest of cereal crops, though young leaves and seeds have long been used as food.
