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Brassicaceae

Lake Tahoe yellowcress

Rorippa subumbellata Rollins

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Rorippa

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Lake Tahoe yellowcress: Tahoe yellowcress, Rorippa subumbellata, is a globally rare species found only on the sandy shores of Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada, and nowhere else in t
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Lake Tahoe yellowcress

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification 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.