Brassicaceae
Variableleaf yellowcress
Rorippa indica
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Rorippa
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 印度蔊菜, 葶藶, 塘葛菜, 天菜子, 干油菜, 幹油菜, 旱菜, 江剪刀草
- English
- Variableleaf yellowcress, Variable-leaf yellowcress
- French
- Rorippe d'Inde
- Japanese
- イヌガラシ
- Korean
- 개갓냉이
Synonyms
- Cardamine atrovirens (Hornem.) Kuntze
- Cardamine glandulosa Blanco
- Cardamine lamontii Hance
- Clandestinaria indica Spach
- Nasturtium apetalum (Lour.) A.Chev.
- Nasturtium apetalum DC.
- Nasturtium atrovirens (Hornem.) DC.
- Nasturtium diffusum DC.
- Nasturtium heterophyllum D.Don
- Nasturtium indicum DC.
- Nasturtium montanum Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson
- Nasturtium montanum (Nutt.) Kuntze
- Nasturtium montanum Wall. ex Hook.f. & T.Anderson
- Nasturtium obtusulum (Miq.) Koidz.
- Nasturtium sinapis (Burm.f.) O.E.Schulz
- Radicula indica Standl.
- Radicula indica J.M.Macoun
- Radicula montana (Wall.) Hu ex C.Pei
- Rorippa atrovirens (Hornem.) Ohwi & Hara
- Rorippa indica var. indica Hiern
- Rorippa montana (Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Small
- Rorippa sinapis (Burm.f.) Ohwi & Hara
- Sinapis benghalensis Roxb. ex DC.
- Sinapis divaricata Roxb.
- Sinapis pusilla Roxb.
- Sisymbrium apetalum Lour.
- Sisymbrium atrovirens Hornem.
- Sisymbrium indicum L.
- Sisymbrium sinapifolium St.-Lag.
- Sisymbrium sinapis Burm.f.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Variableleaf yellowcress: 蔊菜(塘葛菜) Rorippa indica [揚州大明寺 Yangzhou, China]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/%E8%94%8A%E8%8F%9C%28%E5%A1%98%E8%91%9B%E8%8F%9C%29_Rorippa_indica_-%E6%8F%9A%E5%B7%9E%E5%A4%A7%E6%98%8E%E5%AF%BA_Yangzhou%2C_China-_%289213339179%29.jpg/500px-%E8%94%8A%E8%8F%9C%28%E5%A1%98%E8%91%9B%E8%8F%9C%29_Rorippa_indica_-%E6%8F%9A%E5%B7%9E%E5%A4%A7%E6%98%8E%E5%AF%BA_Yangzhou%2C_China-_%289213339179%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Variableleaf yellowcress: 蔊菜(塘葛菜) Rorippa indica [揚州大明寺 Yangzhou, China]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/%E8%94%8A%E8%8F%9C%28%E5%A1%98%E8%91%9B%E8%8F%9C%29_Rorippa_indica_-%E6%8F%9A%E5%B7%9E%E5%A4%A7%E6%98%8E%E5%AF%BA_Yangzhou%2C_China-_%289213339179%29_%283x4%29.jpg/500px-%E8%94%8A%E8%8F%9C%28%E5%A1%98%E8%91%9B%E8%8F%9C%29_Rorippa_indica_-%E6%8F%9A%E5%B7%9E%E5%A4%A7%E6%98%8E%E5%AF%BA_Yangzhou%2C_China-_%289213339179%29_%283x4%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Variableleaf yellowcress: 蔊菜(塘葛菜) Rorippa indica [揚州大明寺 Yangzhou, China]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/%E8%94%8A%E8%8F%9C%28%E5%A1%98%E8%91%9B%E8%8F%9C%29_Rorippa_indica_-%E6%8F%9A%E5%B7%9E%E5%A4%A7%E6%98%8E%E5%AF%BA_Yangzhou%2C_China-_%289213339179%29.jpg)
![Variableleaf yellowcress: 蔊菜(塘葛菜) Rorippa indica [揚州大明寺 Yangzhou, China]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/%E8%94%8A%E8%8F%9C%28%E5%A1%98%E8%91%9B%E8%8F%9C%29_Rorippa_indica_-%E6%8F%9A%E5%B7%9E%E5%A4%A7%E6%98%8E%E5%AF%BA_Yangzhou%2C_China-_%289213339179%29_%283x4%29.jpg)
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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.