Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Besser, 1821

🇬🇧 Creeping Yellow-cress

🇫🇷 Cresson des bois, Rorippe des bois, Rorippe des forêts, Rorippe sylvestre

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Subfamily: Brassicoideae
Tribe: Cardamineae
Genus: Rorippa
Species: Rorippa sylvestris

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with R. × anceps (Wahlenb.) Rchb., 1837, whose upper leaves have lateral segments that are not reduced or barely reduced at their base, while those of R. sylvestris have lateral segments that are clearly reduced at their base.

Hybridizes with R. amphibia (L.) Besser, 1821 to produce R. × anceps (Wahlenb.) Rchb., 1837, P.

Photographs

img/rorippa-sylvestris.webp — *Rorippa sylvestris*

img/rorippa-sylvestris-2.webp — *Rorippa sylvestris*

img/rorippa-sylvestris-3.webp — *Rorippa sylvestris* - Leaves

Sources

Korpelainen, H., Draper Munt, D., Magos Brehm, J., Labokas, J., Bulińska, Z., Strajeru, S., Smekalova, T., Eliáš, P., & Tavares, M. (2011). Rorippa sylvestris (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176486/7251283
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 599). Biotope.