The species epithet cochlearifolia refers to the spoon-shaped leaves that resemble those of scurvy-grass.

Other species recorded include Yorkshire fog, orache, common scurvy-grass and tree-mallow which forms temporary stands in some years.

Danish scurvy-grass has discovered a taste for motorway verges; the spectacular giant hogweed spreads outward from formal gardens along rivers.

His intriguing menu includes duck giblets with hazelnut whey, and a salad with herb scurvy-grass.

Common scurvy-grass (Cochlearia officinalis)

Danish scurvy-grass (C. danica)

The flora of the saltmarsh includes sea aster, English scurvy-grass, sea milkwort and buck's-horn plantain.

Some plants called metallophytes can tolerate the high levels of metal in the soil: these include Spring Sandwort and Alpine Scurvy-grass.

Cochlearia tatrae or Tatra scurvy-grass is a flowering plant of the genus Cochlearia in the family Brassicaceae.

Cochlearia officinalis - Common scurvy-grass (including C. excelsa, C. pyrenaica, C. scotica)

Scurvy-grass (Cochlearia species; also called scurvy grass, scurvygrass, or spoonwort) is a genus of about 30 species of annual and perennial herbs in the cabbage family Brassicaceae.

The advent of modern fast roads treated with salt in winter for ice clearance has resulted in the colonisation by scurvy-grass of many inland areas where it formerly did not occur.

The plant gets its common name from the fact that, like the unrelated scurvy-grass, its leaves are rich in vitamin C. Sailors travelling around Cape Horn would consume the leaves to avoid scurvy.

Many of Captain Cook's people, officers as well as common sailors, disliked the boiling of celery, scurvy-grass, and other greens, with pease and wheat; and by some the provision, thus prepared, was refused to be eaten.

The morning after Captain Cook's arrival in Queen Charlotte's Sound, he went himself at day-break, to look for scurvy-grass, celery, and other vegetables, and he had the good fortune to return with a boat-load in a very short space of time.

Scurvy-grass was extensively eaten in the past by sailors suffering from scurvy after returning from long voyages, as the leaves are rich in vitamin C, which cures this deficiency disease resulting from a lack of fresh vegetables in the diet.

Notable plants endemic to the Tatras include Tatra scurvy-grass (Cochlearia tatrae), yellow mountain saxifrage (Saxifraga aizoides), Erysimum wahlenbergii of the wallflower genus, Cochlearia tatrae, Erigeron hungaricus of the Erigeron genus, and others.