Sisymbrium irio, London rocket, is a flowering plant in the cabbage family. Its English common name originated when it flourished after the Great Fire of London in 1666, although it is not native to Britain and it does not tend to persist there.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of London rocket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sisymbrium erysimoides
- Sisymbrium orientale
- Sisymbrium heteromallum
- Sisymbrium capense
- Sisymbrium loeselii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Sisymbrium
- Species
- Sisymbrium irio
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