Rorippa curvisiliqua
Rorippa curvisiliqua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Rorippa |
Species: | R. curvisiliqua
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Binomial name | |
Rorippa curvisiliqua |
Rorippa curvisiliqua is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name curvepod yellowcress.[1]
It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Wyoming, where it can be found in various types of moist and wet habitat, including lakeshores and riverbanks, meadows, roadsides, and mudflats.
Description[]
Rorippa curvisiliqua is an annual or biennial herb which can be quite variable in appearance. It produces prostrate to erect stems up to half a meter long. The leaves are up to 7 centimeters long and have blades which may be smooth-edged or divided into lobes of varying shapes.
The inflorescence is an elongated raceme occupying the top portion of the stem containing many tiny yellow flowers just a few millimeters long.
The fruit is a silique which is variable in size and shape but generally contains many minute seeds.
This species has been divided into a number of varieties, but some authorities doubt that this division is valid or useful.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Rorippa curvisiliqua". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ Flora of North America
External links[]
- Jepson Manual Treatment of Rorippa curvisiliqua
- USDA Plants Profile for Rorippa curvisiliqua
- Rorippa curvisiliqua — U.C. Photo gallery
- Media related to Rorippa curvisiliqua at Wikimedia Commons
- Rorippa
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Idaho
- Flora of Montana
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of Wyoming
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges