What is Eruca sativa?
{{Italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Eruca sativa'' | image = Eruca February 2008-1.jpg | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Brassicales]] | familia = [[Brassicaceae]] | genus = ''[[Eruca]]'' | species = '''''E. sativa''''' | binomial = ''Eruca sativa'' | binomial_authority = [[Philip Miller|Mill.]] }} '''''Eruca sativa''''' (syn. ''E. vesicaria'' subsp. ''sativa'' (Miller) Thell., ''Brassica eruca'' L.), also known as '''arugula''' or '''rocket''', is a [[plant]] that can be [[Eating|eaten]]. It is a [[leaf vegetable]] with dark green, spiky, [[dandelion]]-like [[leaves]] and a strong, spicy, [[Black pepper|peppery]] [[flavor]]. ==Related pages== {{commons|Eruca sativa}} * [[Brassicaceae]] * [[Leaf vegetable]] {{Cookbook|Arugula}} {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Brassicaceae]] [[Category:Leaf vegetables]]