Kerse

Kerse
Nasturtium officinale
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Faimily:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Nasturtium
Species:	N. officinale
Binomial name
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
Synonyms
Nasturtium nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) H. Karst. Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek Sisymbrium nasturtium-aquaticum L.

Kerses is fast-growin, watter or naur-watter, perennial plants, an ane o the auldest kent leaf vegetables etten by fowk. Thir plants is members o the Faimily Brassicaceae an is sib tae kail an skelloch — aw wi a merkit snell, peppery gust.

The howe stalks o kerse fleets an the leafs grows forenent ilk ither alang the stalk. Kerses brings furth wee knots o white an green flouers.

• Rorippa amphibia Great yellae-kerse
• Rorippa islandica Northren yellae-kerse
• Rorippa microphylla Nairae fruitit-kerse
• Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Wall-kerse Ither names: Wall-girse
• Rorippa palustris Moss yellae-kerse
• Rorippa sylvestris Creepin yellae-kerse