The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1945
Latest year: 1969

County Status
Casual

Family
Brassicaceae

Total records held
4

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 0	4
Tetrads: 0	4
Hectads: 0	4

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Dec 12 2003

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Garden Rocket is a very rare casual annual of waste land and tips. There are no recent records and only four previous ones all from the middle of the last century (Clifton Tip SK1644, Newhaven SK1660, Yeldersley SK2043 & Walton SK2318). It was formerly grown as a medicinal plant, an aphrodisiac was extracted from the seeds (Preston XXet al. 2002). Nowadays it is introduced as a contaminant of seeds and spices, and is a grown as a salad vegetable. It is a native of southern Europe.