Brassicaceae

Yellowcress

Nasturtium × sterile (Airy Shaw) Oefelein

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Nasturtium

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Yellowcress (Nasturtium × sterile) — Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Yellowcress

Synonyms

Rorippa sterilis Airy Shaw

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vítor Jorge, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.