Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
(Marsh Yellow-cress)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRorippa palustris (Marsh Yellow-cress)
GenusRorippa (yellow-cresses and water-cresses)
FamilyBRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
OrderBRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Rorippa palustris (Marsh Yellow-cress) :
1: Rorippa palustris (Marsh Yellow-cress)
29 Sep 2002 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on mud at side of pond
Image 1: Inflorescence and infructescenceImage 2: In situImage 3: In situ (2)Image 4: In situ (3)Image 5: In situ (4)Image 6: LeafImage 7: Flowering shootImage 8: Fruit - open - magnifiedImage 9: Fruit - ripening - lower three quarter view - magnifiedImage 10: Fruit - ripening - upper three quarter view - magnifiedImage 11: Fruits - ripening - enlargedImage 12: Fruits - ripening - enlarged (2)Image 13: Fruit with one valve and seeds removed to show septum - magnifiedImage 14: Fruit with one valve and seeds removed to show septum - magnified (2)Image 15: Inflorescence/infructescence - enlargedImage 16: Inflorescence/infructescence - enlarged (2)Image 17: Inflorescence - enlargedImage 18: Inflorescence - magnifiedImage 19: Inflorescence - magnified (2)Image 20: Inflorescence - magnified (3)Image 21: Inflorescence - magnified (4)Image 22: Leaf - upper sideImage 23: Leaf - upper side - enlargedImage 24: Leaf - undersideImage 25: Leaf - underside - enlargedImage 26: Seeds - magnifiedImage 27: Seeds - magnified (2)Image 28: Seeds - magnified (3)

Rorippa palustris (Marsh Yellow-cress) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rorippa palustris (Marsh Yellow-cress)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rorippa palustris (Marsh Yellow-cress)
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