UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Rorippa curvipes

Rorippa palustris

blunt-leaved yellowcress, truncate yellowcress

hispid yellowcress, marsh yellowcress
Habit Annual or biennial herbs, glabrous to stiff-hairy, the stems simple to freely-branched, erect, 3-10 dm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, ovate-oblong to oblong-obovate, up to 17 cm. long, all pinnatifid or the upper merely toothed, slightly auriculate.
Flowers

Inflorescence of bractless racemes; pedicles 4-12 mm. long, equaling the fruits;

sepals 4, about 1.5 mm. long, not saccate at the base, falling off shortly after flowering;

petals 4, light yellow, about 1 mm. long;

stamens 6;

style 0.5-1 mm. long.
Fruits

Siliques ovate to oblong, spreading to ascending, mostly straight, 3-8 mm. long and 2-3 mm. broad;

seeds in 2 series.

Rorippa curvipes

Rorippa palustris
Flowering time May-September June-October
Habitat Wet areas including streambanks, lake shores, wet meadows, and ditches. Marshes, shorelines, and other wet areas.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Great Plains and Great Lakes region.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast; circumboreal.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
R. austriaca, R. columbiae, R. curvisiliqua, R. palustris, R. sinuata, R. sphaerocarpa, R. sylvestris, R. tenerrima
R. austriaca, R. columbiae, R. curvipes, R. curvisiliqua, R. sinuata, R. sphaerocarpa, R. sylvestris, R. tenerrima
Subordinate taxa
R. palustris ssp. hispida, R. palustris ssp. palustris
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Unless otherwise noted, all data comes from the University of Washington's Burke Herbarium.



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