Watercress

Watercress

Watercress Nasturtium officinale has pungent-tasting leaves that are good to eat as a salad vegetable. The plant grows in running water and has floating or creeping stems. The leaf is divided into 3 to 9 oval leaflets and small white flowers grow in clusters at the tips of stems. Each flower has four petals, which is a characteristic of the Mustard Family. The fruits are long thin seedpods. [CH] {GW}