Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Genus: Rorippa (Yellowcress)
Rorippa islandica (Gunnerus) Borbás - Northern Yellow-Cress
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser - Marsh Yellow-Cress
Rorippa pyrenaica (All.) Rchb. - Pyrenean Yellowcress
Rorippa austriaca (Crantz) Besser - Austrian Yellow-Cress
Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Besser - Creeping Yellow-Cress
Rorippa amphibia (L.) Besser - Great Yellow-Cress
Maximal 40 cm tall. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> <b>robust-yellow</b>. <span class="v1">petals:</span> <b>at least as long as the sepals</b>. <span class="v1">fruits:</span> siliques <i>or</i> silicles, <ba><b>ovoid</b></ba>, <b>2–6 mm long</b>,...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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Natural, established occurences |  |
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
grassland & dwarf shrub heaths