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Eruca vesicaria
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Mediterranean scrubland
Range
Mediterranean
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

Arugula is a fast-growing Mediterranean leafy green prized for its peppery, slightly bitter flavour that intensifies as the plant matures. Its small white flowers with dark purple veins are edible and just as pungent as the leaves.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Eruca
Species
Eruca vesicaria