Brassicaceae
Northern marsh yellowcress
Rorippa islandica
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Rorippa
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Common names
By language (8)
- Belarusian
- Жарушнік ісландскі
- Chinese
- 沼生蔊菜, 水前草, 蔊菜, 风花菜
- English
- Northern marsh yellowcress, Marsh cress, Northern yellow cress, Yellow watercress
- Japanese
- スカシタゴボウ（透し田牛蒡）
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Islandskarse
- Slovenian
- Islandska potočarka
- Swedish
- Islandsfräne
- Welsh
- Berwr melyn gogleddol
Synonyms
- Nasturtium islandicum (Oeder) Sprague
- Nasturtium palustre var. microcarpum Regel
- Nasturtium terrestre (With.) W.T.Aiton
- Radicula islandica Druce
- Rorippa islandica f. islandica
- Rorippa islandica subsp. islandica
- Rorippa islandica var. islandica
- Rorippa terrestis Fuss
- Rorippa terrestris A.Nelson
- Sisymbrium islandicum Oeder
- Sisymbrium terrestre With.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sarah Adamson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Strus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sarah Adamson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elena A. Kizilova (Елена А. Кизилова), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.