Nasturtium officinale W. T. Aiton in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton (Q3618)

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Nasturtium officinale is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Nasturtium
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Nasturtium officinale W. T. Aiton in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton
Nasturtium officinale is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Nasturtium

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    taxon/id/Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
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    Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
    Nasturtium officinale
    W.T. Aiton
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 7: Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Nasturtium officinale
    cresson de fontaine (French)
    cresson officinal (French)
    cresson (French)
    watercress (English)
    common watercress (English)
    southern watercress (English)
    true watercress (English)
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    Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, D.V. Meidinger & J. Pojar. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests. Victoria. Crown Publications. 8 vols.
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    Moss, E.H. 1983. Flora of Alberta. 2nd edition, revised by J.G. Packer. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 687 pp.
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    Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf
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    Marie-Victorin, Fr. 1995. Flore laurentienne. 3e éd. Mise à jour et annotée par L. Brouillet, S.G. Hay, I. Goulet, M. Blondeau, J. Cayouette et J. Labrecque. Gaétan Morin éditeur. 1093 pp.
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    Hinds, H.R. 2000. Flora of New Brunswick : a manual for the identification of the vascular plants of New Brunswick. 2nd edition. Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. 699 pp.
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    Catling, P.M., D.S. Erskine & R.B. MacLaren. 1985. The Plants of Prince Edward Island with new records, nomenclatural changes, and corrections and deletions. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa. Publication 1798. 272 pp.
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    Zinck, M. 1998. Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia. Nimber Publishing & Nova Scotia Museum. Halifax, N. S. 2 vols. 1297 pp.
    Newfoundland, CA
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    Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm
    Europe
    n Africa
    also elsewhere in the New World
    tropical and s Africa
    Australia
    Flowering Feb–Sep.
    flowing streams
    ditches
    lake margins
    swamps
    marshes
    Plants glabrous throughout or sparsely pubescent.
    Stems 1–11 (–20) dm.
    Cauline leaves: petiole not winged, base auriculate;
    blade 3–9 (–13) -foliolate, (1–) 2–15 (–22) cm;
    lateral leaflets sessile or petiolulate, rachis not winged, blade smaller than terminal;
    terminal leaflet (or simple blade) suborbicular to ovate, or oblong to lanceolate, (0.4–) 1–4 (–5) cm × (3–) 7–25 (–40) mm, base obtuse, cuneate, or subcordate, margins entire or repand, apex obtuse.
    Fruiting pedicels divaricate or descending, straight or recurved, 5–17 (–24) mm.
    Flowers: sepals 2–3.5 × 0.9–1.6 mm;
    petals white or pink, spatulate or obovate, 2.8–4.5 (–6) × 1.5–2.5 mm, (base to 1 mm), apex rounded;
    filaments 2–3.5 mm;
    anthers 0.6–1 mm.
    Fruits (0.6–) 1–1.8 (–2.5) cm × (1.8–) 2–2.5 (–3) mm;
    ovules (28–) 36–60 per ovary;
    style 0.5–1 (–1.5) mm.
    Seeds biseriate, reddish-brown, ovoid, (0.8–) 0.9–1.1 (–1.3) × (0.6–) 0.7–0.9 (–1) mm, coarsely reticulate with 25–50 (–60) areolae on each side.