Scientific Name: Armoracia rusticana
Common Name: horseradish
Family Name: Brassicaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading, Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Very coarse
Landscape Uses: Urban agriculture
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Obovate, Crenate, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Raceme, White, Jul-Aug
Fruit: Silique, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves basal, most oblong, 30-60cm long x 10-20cm wide, margins wavy and scalloped; florets small, whitish, in terminal panicles.