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Great Yellow-cress

Rorippa amphibia

Also called Great yellowcress, Amphibious Yellow Cress, Greater Yellow Cress, Amphibious Watercress, Amphibious Yellowcress

Great Yellow-cress
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Europe to Siberia and NW. Iran, Algeria
Climate
temperate

About

Rorippa amphibia, also known as great yellow-cress, is a plant species in the family Brassicaceae. The flowers are visited by many types of insects, and can be characterized by a generalized pollination syndrome.

Other Rorippa plants

Lake Watercress · Austrian yellowcress · Hoary yellowcress · Columbian yellowcress · Bluntleaf yellowcress · Curvepod yellowcress · Rorippa gigantea · Chihuahuan yellowcress · Marsh Yellow-cress · Stalkless yellowcress · Spreading yellowcress · Roundfruit yellowcress

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rorippa amphibia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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