Brassicaceae
Columbia yellowcress
Rorippa columbiae
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Rorippa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Columbia yellowcress, Columbian yellowcress
Synonyms
- Nasturtium columbiae (S.Watson) Suksd.
- Nasturtium sinuatum var. columbiae S.Watson
- Nasturtium sinuatum var. pubescens S.Watson
- Radicula columbiae (S.Watson) Greene
- Rorippa calycina var. columbiae (S.Watson) Rollins
- Rorippa sinuata var. pubescens (S.Watson) Howell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jeffrey Lee (he/him/his), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DeanWmTaylor, CC BY 2.0, 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.