Spreading Yellowcress

Spreading Yellowcress

Rorippa sinuata (Nutt.) Hitchc.

Brassicaceae (Lily Family)

▲ young plant rosettes from creeping roots

▲ ▼ mature, flowering plant

▲ flowers

▲ flowers and short curved fruit (siliques)

▲ ▼ stems and leaves

Spreading Yellowcress:

• Native creeping perennial weed that produces creeping roots, growing 3-18 inches tall, with mostly prostrate to sprawling stems that can form large patches
• Leaves are 1-3 inches long, about 1 inch wde, with moderately-lobed margins--sort of like an oak leaf
• Flowers are small, yellow, followed by 1/2 inch long, curved elliptical siliques
• Found in moist soils, pastures, reduced-tillage fields, non-crop areas
• More common in western part of Midwest, while Creeping Yellow Fieldcress is more common in eastern part--both are found in Missouri
• Not as invasive as creeping yellow fieldcress

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