Otherwise known as: Red Cole, Great Railfort, Mountain Radish
Habitat: An herbaceous perennial of the Cruciferae family growing up to 1m in waste areas near running water in south eastern Europe. It grows from a long, thin, rough, white root and produces large, green, spear- shaped, pungent, undulate leaves and displays panices of small, white, single-petalled flowers.
What does it do: The prefix horse referred to its strong and course nature. The ancients were familiar with the plant and Pliny recommended it as a diuretic and emetic. Horseradish was...