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spreading yellow-cress, western yellow-cress

Habit Perennials; (rhizomatous or with creeping roots); sparsely to moderately pubescent, (trichomes hemispherical, vesicular).
Stems

(many to few from base), decumbent or prostrate, branched distally, 1–4.2(–5) dm, (pubescent proximally).

Basal leaves

not rosulate;

blade margins pinnatifid.

Cauline leaves

sessile;

blade oblong to oblanceolate or lanceolate (lateral lobes oblong or ovate), (1.5–)2.5–6.5(–9) cm × 5–18(–25) mm, base usually auriculate, rarely proximalmost not auriculate, margins pinnatifid to deeply sinuate, or (lateral lobes) dentate to sinuate or entire, (surfaces pubescent abaxially with vesicular trichomes on veins, glabrous adaxially).

Racemes

considerably elongated.

Flowers

sepals ascending, oblong, 2.2–3.7(–4.5) × 1–1.8 mm;

petals yellow, oblanceolate to spatulate, (2.7–)3.2–5.3(–6) × 1.5–2.5 mm;

median filaments 3–5.5 mm;

anthers narrowly oblong, 1.2–1.7 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divaricate-ascending to horizontal, sigmoid or recurved, 4–12(–14.5) mm.

Fruits

siliques, curved, oblong to lanceolate or linear, (4–)5–12(–16) × (1–)1.5–2.5 mm;

valves glabrous or pubescent;

ovules (30–)50–82(–98) per ovary;

style (0.8–)1–2.5(–3.5) mm.

Seeds

biseriate, yellow-brown, angled, cordiform, 0.7–1 mm (0.5–0.6 mm diam.), colliculate.

2n

= 16.

Rorippa sinuata

Phenology Flowering Apr–Aug.
Habitat Shores of ponds and lakes, sandy banks, stream banks, fields, wet depressions, gravel banks, ditches, moist grounds
Elevation 0-2600 m (0-8500 ft)
Distribution
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AR; AZ; CA; CO; IA; ID; IL; KS; KY; LA; MN; MO; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OK; OR; SD; TN; TX; UT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; ON; SK
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Source FNA vol. 7, p. 504.
Parent taxa Brassicaceae > tribe Cardamineae > Rorippa
Sibling taxa
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. sphaerocarpa, R. subumbellata, R. sylvestris, R. tenerrima, R. teres
Synonyms Nasturtium sinuatum, Nasturtium trachycarpum, Radicula sinuata, Radicula trachycarpa, R. trachycarpa
Name authority (Nuttall) Hitchcock: Key Spring Fl. Manhattan, 18. (1894)
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