Rorippa islandica
(Oeder) Borbas
Northern marsh yellowcress
BrassicaceaeLeaves
iNaturalist · cc-by-nc
(c) Giovanni Perico, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Giovanni Perico
(c) Giovanni Perico, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Giovanni Perico
iNaturalist · cc-by-nc
(c) Pyak Andrei, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pyak Andrei
(c) Pyak Andrei, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pyak Andrei
iNaturalist · cc-by-nc
(c) François Plourde - Renard frak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by François Plourde - Renard frak
(c) François Plourde - Renard frak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by François Plourde - Renard frak
What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten in salads after boiling for 5-10 minutes and soaking in water to remove the bitter taste, or used to flavor fish soup. The plant is sold in local markets.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in wetlands. In Papua New Guinea it grows between about 2,000-2,850 m above sea level.
Armenia, Asia, Australia, Caribbean, Caucasus, China, Ireland, North America, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Turkey, Türkiye, USA,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bahamas, Bhutan, Belize, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Nepal, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, El Salvador, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, United States, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A herb. It can grow 70 cm tall. The leaves are 30 cm long and have teeth or lobes along the edge. The flowers have spoon-shaped yellow petals.
Other Information
It is sold in local markets.
Names & Synonyms
Ktsvich, Paron banjar
Nasturtium islandicum SpragueRorippa terrestis FussSisymbrium islandicum Oeder
References (7)
- Bourke, R. M., Altitudinal limits of 230 economic crop species in Papua New Guinea. Terra australis 32
- Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement
- Luo, B., et al, 2019, Wild edible plants collected by Hani from terraced rice paddy agroecosystem in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 15:56
- Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 481
- Nanagulyan, S., et al, 2020, Wild plants and fungi sold in the markets of Yerevan (Armenia). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 16:26
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Zhang, Y., et al, 2014, Diversity of wetland plants used traditionally in China: a literature review. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10:72
