Common name:
Garden radish
Family:
Scientific name:
Raphanus sativus
Main flower color:
Range:
Most common in south and east England; found in other scattered places across the UK
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Roadsides, disturbed ground
Flowers:
Four obovate petals, usually pink (less often white), with darker veins, and four light green sepals, linear to oblong. Yellow anthers and a yellow-green pistil
Fruit:
Pods containing two or three seeds; varying in shape from rounded to long and thin
Leaves:
Pinnately lobed, sparsely bristly, up to 20 cm long. Terminal lobe is the largest
Season:
May to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
