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Diplotaxis tenuifolia
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Diplotaxis tenuifolia is the botanical wild rocket—perennial, yellow-flowered, with thin lobed leaves and high glucosinolate punch. Commercial “wild rocket” is usually this species grown as a cut leaf crop. Use as wild rocket in the kitchen. Binomial labelling separates it from annual Eruca on seed orders.
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Commercial Wild LeafHigh HeatPerennialSharpSpecies TrueWild Rocket Species
History
Botany placed Diplotaxis tenuifolia among Mediterranean mustard greens.
Foragers and local markets used D. tenuifolia as wild rucola.
Intensive production of D. tenuifolia supplied European salad factories.
Culinary seed lists used the binomial for true wild rocket plantings.