Flower for ID

[Sinaves]

Hi everybody,

These pictures of a Brassica are from June this year in a relatively undisturbed grassy area in Sheffield. Having looked through my wildflower book I can't ID it so please could anybody offer some guidance as to what it could be.



Thanks very much

Sinaves

[davidbr]

I think it's Horse-radish (Armoracia rusticana) - a view of the lower leaves would confirm it

[Sinaves]

Thanks for your reply Davidr.

I agree that out of all the Brassica's in my wildflower book horseradish seems the closest to the pictures I took. The only thing is that the leaves seem a bit narrow and petite, compared with online pictures of horseradish I've looked at. Maybe that's a consequence of it's wild environment, becomming more leggy in it's competition with grasses. Unfortunately I don't remember its lower leaves. If it's around next year I'll make sure I take a look.

Sinaves