Brassicaceae
Bog yellowcress
Rorippa palustris
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Rorippa
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (22)
- arz
- روريبا بالستريس
- Belarusian
- Жарушнік балотны
- Chinese
- 沼生蔊菜, 濕生葶藶, 湿生葶苈
- Czech
- Rukev bažinná
- Danish
- Kær-Guldkarse
- Dutch
- Moeraskers
- English
- Bog yellowcress, Marsh yellow cress, Marsh yellow-cress, Marsh yellowcress
- Estonian
- Sookerss
- Finnish
- Rantanenätti
- French
- Rorippe à petites fleurs
- German
- Gewöhnliche Sumpfkresse, Gemeine Sumpfkresse, Sumpfkresse
- gv
- Burley frangagh
- Icelandic
- Kattarjurt
- Japanese
- スカシタゴボウ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Brønnkarse
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Brønnkarse
- Polish
- Rzepicha błotna
- Slovak
- Roripa islandská
- Slovenian
- Navadna potočarka
- Swedish
- Sumpfräne, Sumpsenap
- Ukrainian
- Водяний хрін болотяний
- Welsh
- Berwr melyn gogleddol
Synonyms
- Brachiolobos palustris [Clairv.]
- Cardamine palustris (L.) Kuntze
- Cardamine palustris Bubani
- Cardamine palustris var. intermedia Kuntze
- Cardamine palustris var. pumila Kuntze
- Crucifera palustris (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Erysimum barbarea Forssk.
- Myagrum palustre (L.) Lam.
- Myagrum pumilum Lam.
- Nasturtium diversifolium Wall.
- Nasturtium homalospermum O.E.Schulz
- Nasturtium palustre f. longipes Franch.
- Nasturtium palustre f. stoloniferum Franch.
- Nasturtium palustre var. dasycarpum O.E.Schulz
- Nasturtium semipinnatifidum Hook.
- Nasturtium terrestre var. semipinnatifidum (Hook.) Hook.f.
- Radicula clavata (Rydb.) J.M.Macoun
- Rorippa arvensis Rouy & Foucaud
- Rorippa hispida var. glabrata Lunell
- Rorippa islandica var. glabrata (Lunell) Butters & Abbe
- Rorippa islandica var. occidentalis Butters & Abbe
- Rorippa palustris subsp. occidentalis (S.Watson ex A.Gray) Abrams
- Rorippa palustris var. dictyota (Greene) Stuckey
- Rorippa palustris var. glabrata (Lunell) Stuckey
- Rorippa palustris var. pacifica G.N.Jones
- Rorippa terrestris var. globosa A.Nelson
- Sisymbrianthus palustris Chevall.
- Sisymbrianthus pusillus (Vill.) Chevall.
- Sisymbrium amphibium var. palustre L.
- Sisymbrium barbareifolium Delile
- Sisymbrium dissectum Nutt. ex E.Fourn.
- Sisymbrium mexicanum Sessé ex Spreng.
- Tetracellion ellipsoideum Turcz.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Rorippa
- Creeping yellowcressRorippa sylvestrisBrassicaceae
- Great yellowcressRorippa amphibiaBrassicaceae
- Lake cressRorippa aquaticaBrassicaceae
- Variableleaf yellowcressRorippa indicaBrassicaceae
- Northern marsh yellowcressRorippa islandicaBrassicaceae
- Rorippa pyrenaicaBrassicaceae
- Columbia yellowcressRorippa columbiaeBrassicaceae
- Rorippa giganteaBrassicaceae
- Hoary yellowcressRorippa barbareifoliaBrassicaceae
- Rorippa brachycarpaBrassicaceae
- Chinese yellowcressRorippa cantoniensisBrassicaceae
- Curvepod yellowcressRorippa curvisiliquaBrassicaceae
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.