Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Flowers and young fruiting bodies. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Molonglo Gorge, ACT

Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Line drawing in Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 161

Common Name

Yellow Cress, Marsh Watercress, Marsh Cress

Family

Brassicaceae

Notes

Introduced annual or biennial forb to 1m tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, with lobes at the base, 2-12cm long, flat, hairless, edges deeply lobed and toothed. Flowers yellow, with 4 petals, in groups at the tops of the stems..

Description and photo (as Rorippa islandica) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 331

PlantNET description:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Rorippa~palustris