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: 1847
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Established

Family
Brassicaceae

Total records held
690

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 352	409
Tetrads: 278	313
Hectads: 36	37

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Nov 23 2003

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Horse-radish is an established perennial of overgrown gardens, roadsides, river-banks and waste ground. It is frequent in the lowland south and east of our area but only rare in the more upland north and west. It was formerly much grown in gardens as a vegetable but only occurs as a relic of cultivation or garden throwout as it does not set seed in Britain (Preston XXet al. 2002). It is possibly indigenous to western Asia.