Description

Rocket, also known as arugula, is an annual plant belonging to the Brassicaceae family. It is cultivated as a leaf vegetable prized for its fresh, tangy, bitter, and peppery flavour. Common alternate names for this plant include garden rocket, ruchtetta, rucola, rucoli, rugula, colewort, and roquette. Typically reaching a height of 20100 cm, it displays deeply pinnately lobed leaves with four to ten small lateral lobes and a prominent terminal lobe. The flowers, organized in a corymb, have a standard Brassicaceae structure, featuring creamy white petals with purple veins, yellow stamens, and persistent sepals after the flower unfolds, measuring 24 cm in diameter.

NL-BIO-01/SKAL028487