Effect:
-
Areas of application:
not known
Plant parts used:
leaves
Collection time:
April to October
To find:
On paths, rubble sites, dams, in fallow land and rarely in fields.
Ingredients:
Mustard oil glycosides, glucoerucin
Miscellaneous:
Perennial Wall-Rocket grows as a perennial plant and can reach a height of between 20 and 70 cm, rarely even 100 cm. It has a taproot. The upright, branched stem is sometimes more or less bare and can become woody at the base. The stem is leafy approximately to the middle and has around 3 to 6 stalked, bare leaves. The leaf blades are 2 to 15 cm long and 1 to 6 cm wide. They are elliptical to obovate with a wavy edge or they are deeply pinnate, with two to five elongated to linear sections. The further up the leaves go, the narrower the sections are. Many flowers are gathered together in a terminal inflorescence, initially with umbrella racemes and later with racemes. The four petals are sulfur yellow and significantly lighter on the underside. They are rounded at the end. It has six stamens and the ovary contains 20 to 32 ovules. Flowering time is from May to September. The fruit stalk protruding from the stem bears a pod where the seeds are arranged in two rows.
In the kitchen, the Perennial Wall-Rocket is used as well as arugula (Eruca sativa). The leaves can be used as a salad and go well with tomatoes and mozzarella as well as eggs with bacon. The leaves have a spicy, hot taste. The seeds can be made into mustard and used as a spice.