Rorippa sylvestris

(L.) Besser

Creeping yellowcress

BrassicaceaeLeavesPotential hazards — see below

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The young shoots are cooked and eaten; leaves are the primary edible portion.

Known Hazards

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows below 600 m above sea level.

Argentina, Australia, Balkans, Bosnia, Central Asia, Chile, China, Europe, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mediterranean, North America, Norway, Russia, Scandinavia, Sicily, South America, Tajikistan, Tasmania, USA, Uzbekistan,

Countries: Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Grenada, French Guiana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, India, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, St Kitts & Nevis, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Paraguay, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Suriname, El Salvador, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Venezuela

How to Identify

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has rhizomes or underground stems and forms stands. It grows 20-50 cm high. The leaves are alternate. The leaves have leaflets or lobes along the stalk. There are 4-7 pairs of lobes. They have teeth along the edge. The flowers are yellow and 1 cm across. The fruit is a narrow slightly curved pod with many seeds.

Wikipedia

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Rorippa sylvestris (the creeping yellowcress, keek, or yellow fieldcress; syn. Radicula sylvestris (L.) Druce ) is an invasive species 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.

Notes

It can be invasive.

Names & Synonyms

Repnica, Veikarse

Radicula sylvestris (L.) Druce

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