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Rorippa sphaerocarpa (roundfruit yellowcress)

Synonyms: Cardamine globosa var. sphaerocarpa (homotypic); Nasturtium obtusum var. sphaerocarpum (homotypic); Nasturtium sphaerocarpum (homotypic); Radicula sphaerocarpa (homotypic); Rorippa obtusa var. sphaerocarpa (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Rorippa sphaerocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name roundfruit yellowcress. It is native to North America, including the western United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in moist habitat, such as riverbanks and mudflats. It is an annual herb producing decumbent or erect stems up to 40 centimeters long. The leaves are up to 10 centimeters long and have blades are deeply divided into toothed lobes. The inflorescence is a raceme of mustardlike flowers with yellow petals each no more than a millimeter long. The fruit is a round silique 1 or 2 millimeters wide.
View Wikipedia Record: Rorippa sphaerocarpa

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Petrified Forest National Park II 44522 Arizona, United States

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0