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blunt-leaf yellow-cress, common yellow-cress, truncate yellowcress

low yellow-cress, Modoc yellow-cress, slender yellowcress, watercress, yellow cress

Habit Annuals or, rarely, perennials; (short-lived, terrestrial or of wet habitat, not submerged); glabrous or hirsute, (trichomes cylindrical). Annuals; (terrestrial or of wet habitat, not submerged); glabrous throughout.
Stems

(few to several from base), usually ascending, decumbent, or prostrate, rarely erect, branched distally, 1–4.2(–5) dm, (hirsute proximally).

(several-branched from base), prostrate to decumbent, branched distally, 0.7–3.5(–4) dm.

Basal leaves

not rosulate;

blade margins pinnatifid.

not rosulate;

blade margins pinnatifid.

Cauline leaves

shortly petiolate or sessile;

blade oblong or oblanceolate to obovate, (terminal lobe oblong), (2–)3.5–10(–12) cm × (5–)10–30(–37) mm, (lateral lobe smaller than terminal), base usually auriculate, rarely amplexicaul, margins: proximal pinnatifid or sinuate, distal dentate or entire, (surfaces sparsely pubescent).

shortly petiolate, or (distal) sessile;

blade oblong to oblanceolate or lanceolate, (lateral lobes linear, oblong to ovate, or obovate), 2–9(–11) cm × 7–20(–30) mm, (lateral lobes smaller than terminal), base not auriculate, margins pinnatifid, or (lateral lobes) entire, dentate, or sinuate.

Racemes

elongated.

elongated.

Flowers

sepals erect, oblong, 0.8–1.8 × 0.5–1 mm;

petals (erect), yellow, oblanceolate to spatulate, 0.5–1.8 × 0.2–1 mm;

median filaments 0.9–1.3mm;

anthers ovate, 0.3–0.5 mm.

sepals ascending, oblong, 0.7–1.3 × 0.4–0.7 mm;

petals yellow, oblong to oblanceolate or spatulate, 0.5–0.8 × 0.1–0.3 mm;

median filaments 0.8–1.2 mm;

anthers ovate, 0.1–0.2 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate-ascending to horizontal, straight or recurved, (1.2–)1.7–5(–8) mm.

ascending to divaricate, (1–)1.5–3.2(–4.2) mm, straight.

Fruits

silicles or siliques, curved, ovoid to pyriform, 2–8(–8.8) × (0.5–)1–2.5 mm;

valves glabrous;

ovules (20–)30–80 per ovary;

style 0.3–1 mm.

siliques or silicles, curved-ascending, lanceolate to narrowly ovoid or oblong-lanceolate, 3–7(–9) × (0.8–)1–1.7(–2) mm (often slightly constricted at middle);

valves papillate;

ovules 20–80 per ovary;

style (0.2–)0.5–1 mm.

Seeds

biseriate, brown, cordiform, 0.5–0.7 mm, colliculate.

biseriate, reddish brown, cordiform, 0.5–0.7 mm, colliculate.

2n

= 16.

Rorippa curvipes

Rorippa tenerrima

Phenology Flowering May–Sep. Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat Muddy shores of lakes and ponds, stream beds and banks, edges of cultivated fields, wet roadside, meadows, seepage areas, ditches, creeks, gravel bars Shores of lakes and ponds, mud flats, marshes, sand bars, moist grounds, streamsides
Elevation 100-3500 m (300-11500 ft) 1300-3000 m (4300-9800 ft)
Distribution
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AR; AZ; CA; CO; ID; IL; KS; MI; MN; MO; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OR; SD; TX; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; SK; Mexico (Coahuila)
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CA; CO; ID; MO; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OR; SD; TX; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; SK; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua)
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 499. FNA vol. 7, p. 505.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Cardamineae > Rorippa Brassicaceae > tribe Cardamineae > Rorippa
Sibling taxa
R. alpina, R. amphibia, R. aquatica, R. austriaca, R. barbareifolia, R. calycina, R. columbiae, R. crystallina, R. curvisiliqua, R. dubia, R. indica, R. microtitis, R. palustris, R. ramosa, R. sessiliflora, R. sinuata, R. sphaerocarpa, R. subumbellata, R. sylvestris, R. tenerrima, R. teres
R. alpina, R. amphibia, R. aquatica, R. austriaca, R. barbareifolia, R. calycina, R. columbiae, R. crystallina, R. curvipes, R. curvisiliqua, R. dubia, R. indica, R. microtitis, R. palustris, R. ramosa, R. sessiliflora, R. sinuata, R. sphaerocarpa, R. subumbellata, R. sylvestris, R. teres
Synonyms Cardamine palustris var. jonesii, Radicula curvipes, Radicula integra, Radicula sinuata var. integra, Radicula sinuata var. truncata, Radicula underwoodii, R. curvipes var. integra, R. curvipes var. truncata, R. integra, R. obtusa var. integra, R. truncata, R. underwoodii Radicula tenerrima
Name authority Greene: Pittonia 3: 97. (1896) Greene: Erythea 3: 46. (1895)
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