Brassicaceae
Spreading yellowcress
Rorippa sinuata
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Rorippa
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Rorippa sinuataBrassicaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Spreading yellowcress
Synonyms
- Nasturtium sinuatum Nutt.
- Nasturtium trachycarpum A.Gray
- Radicula sinuata (Nutt.) Greene
- Radicula sinuata var. integra Jeps.
- Radicula trachycarpa Rydb.
- Rorippa trachycarpa Greene
- Sisymbrium sinuatum Nutt. ex E.Fourn.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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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.