Index / Search / Rorippa sessiliflora
§1 Plant
Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.
vernacular stalkless yellowcress — species · Brassicaceae
§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§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 ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pulaski 05119
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Woodruff 05147
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 75 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Will 17197
Indiana view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Delaware 18035
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Newton 18111
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Spencer 18147
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Boone 21015
- Boyle 21021
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Graves 21083
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Logan 21141
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
Louisiana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Caldwell 29025
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Holt 29087
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scott 29201
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Sullivan 29211
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
- Worth 29227
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 ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Crockett 47033
- Davidson 47037
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Gibson 47053
- Grainger 47057
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Weakley 47183
- Williamson 47187
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
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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