Horse-radish - Armoracia rusticana
Alternative names
Horse Radish
Description
Tall, stout, hairless, stoloniferous plant with a large broad tap root. Basal leaves large, oblong, toothed and quite erect. Stem leaves small and short stalked. Flowers white 8 to 9 mm many in broad panicles. Fruit rounded, inflated 4 to 6 mm on slender stalks.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Fields, roadsides, stream sides etc.
When to see it
May to June.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Frequent in England and Wales, much less so in Scotland.
VC55 Status
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 380 of the 617 tetrads.
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