Eruca sativa Mill.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Baleares, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Gulf States, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Qinghai, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Yemen

Introduced into:

Albania, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Chad, Chile Central, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Illinois, India, Iowa, Japan, Kansas, Madeira, Manitoba, Maryland, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Ontario, Oregon, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Québec, Romania, Saskatchewan, Somalia, South Australia, South Dakota, Sudan-South Sudan, Switzerland, Texas, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Zimbabwe

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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• Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 1: 1-606. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
• Dash, S.S. & al. (eds.) (2025). Flora of Gujarat 1: 1-696. Botanical Survey of India.
• Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
• Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
• Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2010). Flora of North America North of Mexico 7: 1-797. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. [Cited as Eruca vesicaria.]
• Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa.]
• Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House. [Cited as Eruca vesicaria.]
• Persson, C. & al. (eds.) (2024). Flora of Ecuador 98: 1-163. Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, Stockholm. [Cited as Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa.]
• Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden. [Cited as Eruca vesicaria.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

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