Common Yellowcress Rorippa palustris (Linnaeus) Besser    Synonyms: Bog Yellowcress, Marsh Yellow Cress, Northern Marsh Yellowcress, Radicula palustris, Rorippa islandica, Rorippa islandica var. fernaldiana, Rorippa palustris ssp. hispida.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Brassicales   >   Family Brassicaceae   >   Genus Rorippa   

Status:

"Native of Greenland and Eurasia; adventive from Europe; Anticosti Island, Quebec to Michigan, south to Nova Scotia, New England, New Jersey and Pennsylvania" (Reed, 1964).

There are 75 records in the project database.

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Common Yellowcress in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/8/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Common Yellowcress blooming in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/4/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Common Yellowcress in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/31/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Common Yellowcress blooming in Howard Co., Maryland (6/18/1983). Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

Fruiting Common Yellowcress in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/20/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Common Yellowcress in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/6/1921). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Common Yellowcress in Howard Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Common Yellowcress blooming in Howard Co., Maryland (6/7/2014). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Common Yellowcress in Caroline Co., Maryland (10/11/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Common Yellowcress in fruit and in seed in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/24/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Common Yellowcress in Milton, Massachusetts (7/4/2007). Photo by Tom Palmer. (MBP list)

Common Yellowcress in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/25/2017). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)


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