Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Tropaeolum majus
Common name
Nasturtium
Family
Tropaeolaceae
Where found
Urban bushland, gardens, roadsides, disturbed sites, and along streams. Mainly coastal north from Jervis Bay. Occasionally farther south.
Notes
Introduced annual herb, trailing or climbing, stems to about 2 m long or more. Stems and leaf stalks somewhat fleshy. Fruit fleshy. Stems hairless. Leaves alternating along the stems, 30–150 mm in diameter, round to kidney-shaped, peltate, surfaces hairless, margins entire, wavy, or slightly lobed. Flowers yellow, orange or red, usually streaked darker internally, 25–70 mm in diameter, with 5 petals, fused to each other at the base. Calyx with a narrow nectar bearing conical spur 18–40 mm long. Flowers single. Flowering: spring–autumn. All parts of the plant edible.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Tropaeolum~majus (accessed 10 February, 2021)
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