Brassicaceae
Onerow yellowcress
Nasturtium microphyllum
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Nasturtium
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Common names
By language (13)
- arz
- ناستوريوم ميكروفيلوم
- Czech
- Potočnice drobnolistá
- Dutch
- Slanke waterkers
- English
- Onerow yellowcress, Narrow-fruited water-cress, Narrow-fruited watercress
- Finnish
- Pikkuvesikrassi
- German
- Kleinblättrige Brunnenkresse, Einreihige Brunnenkresse, Pirea olgae
- Haitian Creole
- Kreson
- hsb
- Bruna ropucha
- Persian
- نستورتیوم میکروفیلام
- Polish
- Rukiew drobnolistna
- Slovenian
- Drobnolistna vodna kreša
- Spanish
- Dictyosperma olgae, Pirea olgae
- Swedish
- Bäckfräne
Synonyms
- Nasturtium officinale var. microphyllum (Boenn. ex Rchb.) Beck ex Thell.
- Nasturtium officinale var. microphyllum Boenn. ex Rchb.
- Nasturtium officinale var. olgae N.Busch
- Nasturtium uniseriatum H.W.Howard & Manton
- Rorippa microphylla (Rchb.) H.Hyl.
- Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum subsp. microphylla (Boenn. ex Reichb.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Steel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chris Ecroyd, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: guillediaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lugifa Lugifa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: rogermacnaughton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.