Nasturtium

Tropaeolum majus

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Did you know

Both the leaves and flowers of nasturtium are edible, with a distinctive peppery flavor similar to watercress.
The pickled seed pods are sometimes called 'poor man's capers' and have been used as a substitute since the 18th century.
Nasturtium leaves are exceptionally water-repellent — water beads up and rolls off, just like the lotus.
Carl Linnaeus's daughter Elisabeth Christina reported that nasturtium flowers occasionally appeared to emit tiny sparks at twilight, a phenomenon now called the 'Elizabeth Linnaeus phenomenon.'
Nasturtiums are 'trap crops' — gardeners plant them to attract aphids and cabbage white butterflies away from vegetables.