Native Plants
Rorippa sessiliflora
Rorippa sessiliflora (Nutt.) Hitchc.
Stalkless Yellowcress, Sessile-flowered Yellow Cress
Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)
USDA Symbol: ROSEUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Rorippa sessiliflora
Stalkless Yellowcrest
Brassicaceae
Location: SE corner of Salado Creek & Austin Hwy crossing, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Half-day sun. Wet, alkaline, alluvial soil.
Description: Stout, erect, striate, single-stalked annual from stout tap root, to 60 cm tall. Leaves alternate, long petioled, pinnately lobed; lanceolate overall, to 9 x 25 cm, branching from most axils. Infloresence terminal & lateral racemes. Sepals yellowish, sessile; petals absent.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 11, 1994
Specimen number: 534
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0817A
Accession Date: Jun 29, 1994
Accession Number: 61
Annotations: (In bud)