Seasonal Wild Flowers

Garden Radish

Raphanus sativus

Brassicaceae

May to October

It is thinly scattered throughout the country, but is slightly

more common in the Southeast and East Anglia.

See the BSBI distribution map for Garden Radish

It is an archaeophyte which has been planted as a crop for

over a 1000 years and recognised as a casual escape for

more than a 100.

It is a bird-sown or garden escape on waste tips and waste

ground.

Garden Radish is an annual that is shorter (up to 40cm)

than Wild Radish.

The flowers are white or lilac, distinctly veined and up

to 3cm.

Pods are larger and less beaded than Wild or Sea

Radish.

Leaves are pinnately lobed with a large terminal lobe.

Garden Radish on waste ground

Close-up of flower

Flower with mauve tint

Leaves

Pod