Arugula /əˈruːɡələ/ or rocket (Eruca sativa; syn. E. vesicaria subsp. sativa (Miller) Thell., Brassica eruca L.) is an edible annual plant. It is also called "rocket salad", "rucola", "rucoli", "rugula", "colewort", and "roquette". It is sometimes conflated with Diplotaxis tenuifolia, known as perennial wall rocket, another plant of the Brassicaceae family that is used in the same manner. Eruca sativa, which is widely popular as a salad vegetable, is a species of Eruca native to the Mediterranean...
