Watercress at Googong, NSW
Identification history
| Nasturtium officinale | 9 Nov 2016 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Nasturtium officinale | 9 Nov 2016 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 7 Nov 2016 | Wandiyali |
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User's notes
Wet open gully, in water.
1 comment
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
10 Nov 2016
Assuming my ID is right and this is Watercress, I advise against harvesting and eating as water cress is a host in a life cycle of Liver Fluke, a parasite, which can infect people eating watercress from the streams of our region.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.204600-35.410650
- Altitude 732.7m
- Maps Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area
- Places Googong, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 7 Nov 2016 09:31 AM Recorded on
- Wandiyali Recorded by
Species information
- Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Scientific name
- Watercress Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1119.76m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Synonyms
Nasturtium officinale Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
