Water cress – Nasturtium officinale

Nasturtium officinale is watercress, a wetland member of Brassicaceae with divided leaves and small pale flowers. Its habitat includes streams, seeps and marshy margins. It is botanically distinct from Tropaeolum, the ornamental nasturtium with shield-shaped leaves, and from the annual garden cress Lepidium sativum. Water cress is the catalogue designation for this seed entry.