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§1 Plant

Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.

vernacular stalkless yellowcress — species · Brassicaceae


USDA
ROSE
GBIF
3053152
Rank
species
stalkless yellowcress (Rorippa sessiliflora)
Platephotograph · sehnatureCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Brassicaceae Burnett
Genus
Rorippa
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 471 counties across 23 states/territories
Legend Native · 471 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
None
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
High
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
52 °F minimum
Frost-free days
120 min.
Precipitation
30–60 in/yr
pH range
5.5–7.5
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
1.5 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Indeterminate
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
350,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 471 counties across 23 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 10 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 25 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 6 N
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N
Illinois view state ↗ 75 N
Indiana view state ↗ 36 N
Iowa view state ↗ 21 N
Kansas view state ↗ 47 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 26 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 56 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 21 N
Missouri view state ↗ 63 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 18 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 7 N
Ohio view state ↗ 9 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 32 N
Virginia view state ↗ 5 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 4 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ROSE ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3053152 ↗

Record version

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