fool's watercress
Latin name: Heloscadium nodiflorum
Family: Apiaceae
Other common names; poor man's watercress
Flowering time: July to August
Height: to 60cm
Growing conditions: slow moving shallow water
Nectar source for: many bees and other pollinators
Food source for:
Description
A perennial plant. Although it is usually described as poor mans cress it tastes nothing like cress so it is an unfair comparison, it tastes pleasantly of carrot and is great as a cooked green vegetable.
How to identify: Leaves are oval and more serrated than true Watercress, small white flowers with five petals arranged in an umbel (umbrella like) on stems emerging from the leaf stem joint, stems are smooth, round and hollow.
How to propagate: Propagate by seed or step tip cuttings.
Family: Apiaceae
Other common names; poor man's watercress
Flowering time: July to August
Height: to 60cm
Growing conditions: slow moving shallow water
Nectar source for: many bees and other pollinators
Food source for:
Description
A perennial plant. Although it is usually described as poor mans cress it tastes nothing like cress so it is an unfair comparison, it tastes pleasantly of carrot and is great as a cooked green vegetable.
How to identify: Leaves are oval and more serrated than true Watercress, small white flowers with five petals arranged in an umbel (umbrella like) on stems emerging from the leaf stem joint, stems are smooth, round and hollow.
How to propagate: Propagate by seed or step tip cuttings.