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Rocket Salad

Eruca sativa

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Common names

21 names · 14 languages
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Other languages (13)
Dutch
  • Raketsla
  • Rucola
  • Zwaardherik
French
Czech
  • roketa setá[2]
Finnish
German
Hebrew
  • בן-חרדל מצוי[2]
Hindi
Hungarian
  • Borsmustár[2]
Portuguese
Russian
  • Индау посевной[2]
  • Рукола[2]
  • Эрука посевная[2]
Slovak
  • eruka siata[2]
Spanish
Turkish
Sources & name notes (2)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Eruca sativa — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Rocket Salad — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Garten-Senfrauke — results[0].names[15]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • garden rocket — results[0].names[14]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Rucola silvestre — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Roquette — results[0].names[6]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Roquette cultivée — results[0].names[5]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Rúcula — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
[2] Eruca sativa — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Rocket Salad — results[2].names[3]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Garten-Senfrauke — results[2].names[15]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • garden rocket — results[2].names[14]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Rucola silvestre — results[2].names[2]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Roquette — results[2].names[6]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Roquette cultivée — results[2].names[5]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Rúcula — results[2].names[1]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Tara Mira — results[2].names[4]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • rukola — results[2].names[7]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • rukolasalaatti — results[2].names[8]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • eruka siata — results[2].names[9]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • roketa setá — results[2].names[10]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Эрука посевная — results[2].names[11]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Индау посевной — results[2].names[12]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Рукола — results[2].names[13]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Borsmustár — results[2].names[16]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • בן-חרדל מצוי — results[2].names[17]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
  • Roka — results[2].names[18]; taxon id 284707; Eruca sativa.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Catalogue of Life treats Eruca sativa as a synonym of Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1] [2]
Botanical family
Brassicaceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [2]
Native range
Medit. to China and Arabian Pen.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [3]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

High suitability
Nectar value High
Pollen value High
Plant profile

About this plant

Rocket Salad (Eruca sativa) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from May to August.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Eruca sativa — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: Taxonomy
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 182597; ID 3B9TC; rank species; status synonym

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Catalogue of Life Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 1550459; ID 5H6V6; rank subspecies; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 1550459; ID 5H6V6; rank subspecies; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Eruca sativa — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 1387508; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1371646, 1371647, 1371649, 1371650, 1371651, 1371654, 1371655, 1371656, 1371658, 1371659, 1371663, 1371668, 1371669, 1371670, 1371671, 1371672, 1371687, 1371688, 1371689, 1371690, 1371691, 1371694, 1371695, 1371696, 1371697, 1371698, 1371699, 1371700, 1371701, 1371702, 1371703, 1371704, 1371705, 1371706, 1371707, 1371708, 1371709, 1371710, 1371711, 1371712, 1371713, 1371714, 1371715, 1371720

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    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.