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Horseradish
Armoracia rusticana
Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana, syn. Cochlearia armoracia) is a perennial plant of the Brassicaceae family (which also includes mustard, wasabi, broccoli, and cabbage). It is a root vegetable used as a spice.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.244

Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.593

Latin Herbal
1484 · p.243

Herbarius
1485 · p.244

Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.241

The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.193

On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.806

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.612

Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.688

The Book of Household Management
Mrs Isabella Beeton · 1861 · p.269

The Book of Household Management
Mrs Isabella Beeton · 1861 · p.374

The Book of Household Management
Mrs Isabella Beeton · 1861 · p.641
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 75566.