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Rorippa aquatica
Also called Lakecress, Lake Cress
Lake watercress is a submerged perennial aquatic plant of slow water such as oxbow lakes, with emergent flowering stems. It is grown as an undemanding, slow-growing foreground plant in aquariums.
Rorippa aquatica (syns. Neobeckia aquatica and Armoracia lacustris), the lakecress or lake cress, is a species of freshwater aquatic flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found in eastern and central North America, generally in the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds. A submerged perennial, it has emergent flowering branches. It is typically found in slow-moving water, such as oxbow lakes. It is used as a foreground aquarium plant, as it is undemanding and very slow-growing.
Austrian yellowcress · Spreading yellowcress · Creeping yellowcress
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
