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§1 Plant
Rorippa sinuata (Nutt.) Hitchc.
vernacular spreading yellowcress — species · Brassicaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Brassicaceae Burnett
- Genus
- Rorippa
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 335 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–38 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8.5
- Root depth
- 11 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 1 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
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 350,000
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 335 counties across 20 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Clear Creek 08019
- Crowley 08025
- Denver 08031
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Gilpin 08047
- Gunnison 08051
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Phillips 08095
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Illinois view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Cook 17031
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- LaSalle 17099
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- St. Clair 17163
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Barton 20009
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Meade 20119
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- Daviess 29061
- Gasconade 29073
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Lafayette 29107
- Marion 29127
- Newton 29145
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Saline 29195
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Vernon 29217
Montana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Box Butte 31013
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Fillmore 31059
- Franklin 31061
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Holt 31089
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Kimball 31105
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Platte 31141
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Mexico view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 14 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Beadle 46005
- Brookings 46011
- Brule 46015
- Buffalo 46017
- Campbell 46021
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Davison 46035
- Douglas 46043
- Fall River 46047
- Hanson 46061
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Hutchinson 46067
- Jerauld 46073
- Meade 46093
- Miner 46097
- Pennington 46103
- Potter 46107
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Union 46127
Texas view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Briscoe 48045
- Carson 48065
- Castro 48069
- Childress 48075
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Donley 48129
- Ellis 48139
- Floyd 48153
- Gray 48179
- Hale 48189
- Hansford 48195
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- Moore 48341
- Ochiltree 48357
- Parmer 48369
- Randall 48381
- Roberts 48393
- Sherman 48421
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ROSI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3053500 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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