Talk:Sisymbrium irio

Persian Wiki has some pictures

hi ! persian wiki have some new picture a but Sisymbrium irio. u can use of this [1]</ref>78.38.246.66 (talk) 19:05, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Illustration removed

Illustration

I removed this image because I don't think it looks very much like S. irio. The flowers are too big and the pods are too thick and do not over-top the flower head. --Chuunen Baka (talk • contribs) 08:19, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Can you eat the larger leaves?

Most of us know "rocket" as a salad ingredient. Is it possible to eat the larger leaves or is this plant just too pungant and spicy for uses other than those mentioned?LiPollis (talk) 10:30, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

I found the answer to my own questionb. The leaves can be eaten as a salad addition (to add heat) and some people blanche and then fry the greens. The author of this article cited below even makes a pesto out of it: Urban Foraging for London Rocket. SHould we add something about this? LiPollis (talk) 15:19, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

The references to this plant being found after the Blitz are based on a misunderstanding, I think. London at War does say it was found, but is a secondary source. p 103 of In Search of London is refering to it on Old St Pauls, in 1667, not after the Blitz. The Ecology of Transport says it was "not part of the re-colonising plant community after the Blitz". The source I have cited, though unfortunately offline, is a contemporary report of Dr Salisbury's botanic survey of London's bombsites. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madame pestis (talk • contribs) 01:23, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Additional information regarding its habitat

As I couldn't find specific information on its habitat on this page, I note details can be found on the following webpage that:

"S. irio is native to southern Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia but has been carried by migrants to North America, Australasia and South Africa, where it has naturalised and become a well-known, yellow-flowered weed of waste and neglected areas. Its transport to the far corners of the globe has either been by accidental movement of seeds (sometimes as a contaminant of crop seeds, agricultural produce, etc.) or by deliberate transport of seeds since the plant has been used for herbal medicines and food."

https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/50196#todistribution

Most of the plant/tree pages I've been reading have the information on where the plant/tree is native and its distribution, including if it's recognised as an invasive species, in the introductory paragraph, so for consistency, may I suggest that the information of its habitat be included in the introductory paragraph, as well as the fact that it's considered an invasive weed in some countries.

There is also more information on this webpage that may be useful here. (https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/50196)

Tzali (talk) 12:42, 6 November 2022 (UTC)