Watercress

Watercress or yellowcress (Nasturtium officinale) is a species of aquatic flowering plant in the cabbage family, Brassicaceae.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Watercress 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

• Nasturtium microphyllum
• Cardamine scutata
• Cardamine pensylvanica
• Helosciadium nodiflorum
• Cardamine amara

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Brassicales

Family

Brassicaceae

Genus

Nasturtium

Species

Nasturtium officinale

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