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Garden Cress

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Garden cress, often called simply cress, is a fast-growing edible herb; the fuller name distinguishes it from other unrelated plants that are also commonly called cress. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Scientific Name
Lepidium sativum 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Brassicaceae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Garden Cress
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Sources
1. Garden cress (Wikipedia)
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 359883
Quote, lead sentence (diet), EntityId 359883
Cress (Lepidium sativum), sometimes referred to as garden cress (or curly cress) to distinguish it from similar plants also referred to as cress (from Old English cresse), is a fast-growing, edible herb.
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikipedia: Garden cress
WikipediaWikidata Q27033 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Garden Cress
Child Taxon Of: Brassicaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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