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|accepted_name=Nasturtium officinale
|accepted_authority=W. T. Aiton in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew.
|place=4: 110. 1812
|year=1812
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
|authority=(Linnaeus) Hayek
}}
|hierarchy=Brassicaceae;Brassicaceae tribe Cardamineae;Nasturtium;Nasturtium officinale
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Brassicaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Brassicaceae tribe Cardamineae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Nasturtium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Nasturtium officinale]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 7
|mention_page=page 492
|treatment_page=page 490
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>glabrous throughout or sparsely pubescent. <b>Stems</b> 1–11(–20) dm. <b>Cauline</b> 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. <b>Fruiting</b> pedicels divaricate or descending, straight or recurved, 5–17(–24) mm. <b>Flowers</b>: 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. <b>Fruits</b> (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. <b>Seeds</b> 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. <b>2n</b> = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–Sep.
|habitat=Flowing streams, ditches, lake margins, swamps, marshes, seeps
|elevation=0-3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia;n Africa;introduced also elsewhere in the New World;tropical and s Africa;Australia.
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name=Nasturtium officinale
|author=
|authority=W. T. Aiton in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
|basionyms=Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum
|family=Brassicaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–Sep.
|habitat=Flowing streams, ditches, lake margins, swamps, marshes, seeps
|elevation=0-3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Europe;Asia;n Africa;introduced also elsewhere in the New World;tropical and s Africa;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew.
|publication year=1812
|special status=
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|tribe=Brassicaceae tribe Cardamineae
|genus=Nasturtium
|species=Nasturtium officinale
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