Photo of a nasturtium

Nasturtium

Scientific name: 
genus: tropaeolum

Nasturtiums are a common plant grown for their pretty flowers. Nasturtium's leaves and flowers are edible and can be used in salads. Nasturtiums attract good insects to the garden and repel bad ones like some caterpillars and are often grown as companion plants around a vegetable garden.

Some people call a kind of watercress a nasturtium.

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