Rorippa sylvestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Rorippa
Species:
R. sylvestris
Binomial name
Rorippa sylvestris
(L.) Besser, 1822]

Rorippa sylvestris (the creeping yellowcress,[1] keek, or yellow fieldcress; syn. Radicula sylvestris (L.) Druce [2]) is an invasive species[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. Rorippa sylvestris at USDA PLANTS Database
  2. Rorippa sylvestris at The Herbarium of Louisiana State University
  3. Rorippa sylvestris at Invasive.org
  4. Les, Donald H. (2017-09-01), "Dicotyledons II", Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America, Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, 2018.: CRC Press, pp. 45–86, retrieved 2022-06-16{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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