PLANTS Profile for Rorippa sessiliflora (stalkless yellowcress)

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Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.
stalkless yellowcress

Symbol:

ROSE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.

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Synonyms:
Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.

	NASE4	Nasturtium sessiliflorum Nutt.
	RASE3	Radicula sessiliflora (Nutt.) Greene

Distribution:
Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.


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Related Taxa:
Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 28 species in Rorippa

Classification:
Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Rorippa Scop. – yellowcress
Species	Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc. – stalkless yellowcress

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23013.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 04:15 AM CST