Creeping Yellowcress

Common Name: Creeping yellowcress

Botanical Name: Rorippa sylvestris

Family: Brassicaceae

Life Cycle: Perennial (Spreads by stolons and seed)

Defining Identification Characteristics:

• Horizontal spreading white fleshy roots

• Basal rosette

• Highly dissected leaves with many lobes

• Small, yellow flowers

Common habitat:

• Landscape gardens

Noxious Weed List/Legal Status:

Eradicate Control Restricted Specially Regulated Not Listed

Additional Information:

• Rorippa sylvestris - NCSU