Brassicaceae
Curvepod yellowcress
Rorippa curvisiliqua
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Rorippa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Curvepod yellowcress
Synonyms
- Nasturtium curvisiliqua (Hook.) Nutt.
- Nasturtium curvisiliqua var. lyrata (Nutt.) S.Watson
- Nasturtium curvisiliqua var. lyratum (Nutt.) S.Watson
- Nasturtium curvisiliqua var. nuttallii S.Watson
- Nasturtium lyratum Nutt.
- Nasturtium occidentale Greene
- Nasturtium polymorphum Nutt.
- Radicula curvisiliqua (Hook.) Greene
- Radicula lyrata (Nutt.) Greene
- Radicula multicaulis Greene
- Radicula nuttallii Greene
- Radicula occidentalis Greene
- Radicula pectinata (A.Nelson) A.Heller
- Radicula polymorpha (Nutt.) Greene
- Rorippa curvisiliqua var. curvisiliqua Bessey ex Britton
- Rorippa curvisiliqua var. lyrata (Nutt.) Stuckey
- Rorippa curvisiliqua var. nuttallii (S.Watson) Stuckey
- Rorippa curvisiliqua var. occidentalis (Greene) Stuckey
- Rorippa curvisiliqua var. orientalis Stuckey
- Rorippa curvisiliqua var. procumbens Stuckey
- Rorippa curvisiliqua var. spatulata Stuckey
- Rorippa lyrata (Nutt.) Greene
- Rorippa multicaulis Greene
- Rorippa nuttallii Rydb.
- Rorippa occidentalis Greene
- Rorippa pectinata A.Nelson
- Rorippa polymorpha (Nutt.) Howell
- Sisymbrium curvisiliqua Hook.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

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.