Brassicaceae
London rocket
Sisymbrium irio
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Sisymbrium
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- سمارة رثة, شليات
- arz
- سماره رثه
- Bangla
- মরু সরিষা
- Belarusian
- Гуляўнік ірыо
- Bulgarian
- Ириова мъдрица
- Catalan
- Matallums
- Chinese
- 抪娘蒿, 水蒜芥, 台湾播娘蒿, 水芥菜
- Czech
- Hulevník drobnokvětý
- Dutch
- Brede raket
- English
- London rocket
- Finnish
- Kiiltopernaruoho
- German
- Glanz-Rauke
- hsb
- Banćikata rukej
- Persian
- خاکشیر
- Punjabi
- ਜੰਗਲੀ ਸਰ੍ਹੋਂ
- Russian
- Гулявник ирио, Гулявник обманчивый
- Swedish
- Vallsenap
- Turkish
- Bülbül otu
- Ukrainian
- Сухоребрик гладкий
- Welsh
- Roced Llundain
Synonyms
- Arabis charbonnelii H.Lév.
- Crucifera irio E.H.L.Krause
- Descurainia irio Webb & Berthel.
- Erysimum irio (L.) Farw.
- Erysimum irio (L.) Rupr.
- Hesperis iriodes Kuntze
- Hesperis maxima Kuntze
- Hesperis subulata Kuntze
- Irio ruderalis Fourr.
- Norta irio Britton
- Phryne laxata Bubani
- Sisymbrium erysimastrum Lam.
- Sisymbrium filiforme Dulac
- Sisymbrium glabrum Willd.
- Sisymbrium irio var. dasycarpum O.E.Schulz
- Sisymbrium irio var. leiocarpum Maire
- Sisymbrium irioides Boiss.
- Sisymbrium latifolium Gray
- Sisymbrium maximum Hochst. ex E.Fourn.
- Sisymbrium multisiliquosum Hoffm.
- Sisymbrium pinnatifidum Forssk.
- Sisymbrium subulatum E.Fourn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: ZooFari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: איתן פרמן, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pato Novoa from Valparaíso, Chile, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.