Species of plant
Rorippa palustris marsh yellow-cress, bog yellow-cress or common yellow-cress , is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae . It is widespread and native to parts of Africa , and much of Asia , Europe and Eurasia , North America and the Caribbean .[ 2] introduced species and a common weed , for example, in Australia and South America .[ 2] annual , biennial , or perennial plant , and is variable in appearance as well.
Description
It produces an erect stem, sometimes with branches, attaining a maximum height of just over one meter. The leaves are up to 30 centimeters long and have toothed to deeply lobed edges. The inflorescence is a raceme of mustardlike flowers with spoon-shaped yellow petals each a few millimeters in length. The fruit is a dehiscent and smoothly valved silicle , up to a centimeter long, and containing anywhere from 20 to 90 minute seeds.[ 4]
Etymology
The species epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.[ 5]
Common names
In botanical literature, Rorippa palustris has been called by numerous common names (with variations). Some of them are listed here:
bog marshcress [ 6] bog yellowcress [ 6] common yellowcress [ 6] marsh yellowcress [ 6] marsh yellow-cress )[ 7] marshcress [ 6] marsh cress )[ 2] yellow cress [ 2] yellow watercress [ 6] yellow-watercress )[ 2]
Distribution
Rorippa palustris is native to, or naturalized across much of the globe.[ 2]
Native range
AFRICA :[ 2] Egypt and Ethiopia .ASIA and EURASIA :[ 2] Afghanistan ; Bhutan ; the Caucasus (in Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia , and Russia ) and Ciscaucasia (in Dagestan ); much of China and Taiwan ; India (in the states of Assam , Bihar , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , and West Bengal ); Indonesia (in Papua province , Java , the Lesser Sunda , and Maluku Islands ); Japan (in the prefectures of Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku , and the Ryukyu Islands ); Kazakhstan ; the Korean Peninsula ; Kyrgyzstan ; Mongolia ; Pakistan ; Papua New Guinea ; eastern and western Siberia ; Tajikistan ; northeastern Turkey ; Turkmenistan ; Uzbekistan ; and Yemen .EUROPE :[ 2] NORTH AMERICA :[ 6] Nunavut ) of Canada; Puerto Rico ; the District of Columbia and every state (excluding Hawaii ) in the United States; MexicoThe CARIBBEAN :[ 2] Cuba and Haiti .
AUSTRALASIA :[ 2] New Zealand [ 8]
Naturalized range
References
^ NatureServe (2023). "Rorippa palustris " . Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 14 December 2023 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Under its currently accepted name of Rorippa palustris (from its basionym Sisymbrium amphibium var. palustre ) this taxon was published in Enumeratio Plantarum 27, 103. 1821. "Rorippa palustris " . Germplasm Resources Information Network Agricultural Research Service , United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 14 July 2013 .
^ Sisymbrium amphibium var. palustre (the basionym of Rorippa palustris ) was first described and published in Species Plantarum "Sisymbrium amphibium var. palustre " . Germplasm Resources Information Network Agricultural Research Service , United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 14 July 2013 .^ Reed C. Rollins (2012). "Key to Rorippa yellow cress" . Jepson eFlora . Berkeley, CA : University of California Press . Retrieved 14 July 2013 . ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins Google Books
^ a b c d e f g "Profile for Rorippa palustris (bog yellowcress)" . PLANTS Database . USDA, NRCS . Retrieved 14 July 2013 .^ BSBI List 2007 (xls) . Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland . Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17 .^ De Lange, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Townsend, A.J. (2009). "Rorippa laciniata (Brassicaceae), a new addition to the flora of New Zealand" . New Zealand Journal of Botany . 47 (2): 133– 137. doi :10.1080/00288250909509800 S2CID 83609780 .
External links
Rorippa palustris Sisymbrium amphibium var. palustre
