Creeping Yellowcress
Rorippa sylvestris (Linnaeus) Besser
Creeping Yellowcress: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/2948
Synonyms
Radicula sylvestris 
Tags
Non-native

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22 Records

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Status

"Naturalized from Europe; Newfoundland to Ontario, south to New Brunswick, New England, Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri" (Reed, 1964).

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Source: Wikipedia

Rorippa sylvestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Rorippa
Species:
R. sylvestris
Binomial name
Rorippa sylvestris
(L.) Besser, 1822]

Rorippa sylvestris (the creeping yellowcress,[1] keek, or yellow fieldcress; syn. Radicula sylvestris (L.) Druce [2]) is an invasive species[3] of plant in the United States, likely entering from Europe before 1818 from ballast water and spreading throughout North America through contaminated nursery seed stock.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Rorippa sylvestris at USDA PLANTS Database
  2. ^ Rorippa sylvestris at The Herbarium of Louisiana State University
  3. ^ Rorippa sylvestris at Invasive.org
  4. ^ Les, Donald H. (2017-09-01), "Dicotyledons II", Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America, Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, 2018.: CRC Press, pp. 45–86, doi:10.1201/9781315118116-3, ISBN 978-1-315-11811-6, retrieved 2022-06-16{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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