Eruca sativa

Herb

Eruca sativa

B tier

Eruca sativa is a widely used synonym/treatment for cultivated salad rocket—the annual peppery leaf of Mediterranean salads. Expect lobed green leaves, white flowers with purple veins, and a nutty-hot finish that intensifies as plants mature. Harvest baby leaves for mild bags; let some plants mature for stronger bite. Classic with Parmesan, lemon, and olive oil.

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Unit

Characteristics

Preparations

Baby LeafMature LeafPestoSalad

Traits

AnnualBagged Leaf CropNuttyPepper NuttyPepperySalad Rocket

History

IT

European botanists recorded sativa-type rocket in kitchen gardens.

Seed trade listed Eruca sativa as garden rocket or roquette.

Bagged salad industry scaled E. sativa production in protected culture.

Chefs still used sativa naming on seed orders for salad rocket.

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