• Family : Brassicaceae
  (Mustard Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SARSON FAMILY (सरसों फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Brassicaceae
• Synonym(s) : Cardamon sativum (L.) Fourr.; Thlaspi sativum (L.) Crantz
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lepidium sativum L.
• Common name : Garden Cress, Garden pepper cress
• Vernacular name : Halim shaak (Assamese); Halim shaak (Bengali); Chansur (Hindi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Cultivated in the plains as a cold-weather garden crop and weed in crop field
• Comments / notes : The seeds are used medicinally, and the leaves are eaten raw
• Key identification features : Stem up to 70 cm. high, erect, simple to much branched, glabrous or with very scattered minute hairs
• Flower, Fruit : February-May
• Distribution :
  • Delhi : Vasant Kunj
• Native : Europe to Central Asia and Himalaya, Arabian Peninsula
• Exotic/Native : Exotic
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 62; Duthie J.F.(1960). Flora of The Upper Gangetic Plain Vol.1: 47
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Lepidium sativum. Downloaded on 2 December 2023.

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