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    Facts about Yellow Fieldcress

    By SylviaJune 13, 2022Updated:June 14, 2022No Comments8 Mins Read
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    Rorippa sylvestris commonly known as the creeping yellowcress, keek, or yellow fieldcress is an invasive species of plant belonging to Brassicaceae / Cruciferae (Mustard family) and is one of the three perennials in the genus. The plant is native to Europe and Asia and now widely established throughout North America. This mustard has been located in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana in the northwestern U.S. however sites have been located as far south as Texas, Alabama and Mississippi as of 1966. It is also found in nurseries in eastern Canada, but has been recorded in all of the southern provinces. Most recently it has been found in two locations in California. Some of the popular common names of the plants are Creeping yellow cress, Creeping yellow field cress, Yellow field cress and keek.

    Yellow Fieldcress Facts

    Yellow fieldcress Quick Facts
    Name: Yellow fieldcress
    Scientific Name: Rorippa sylvestris
    Origin Native to Europe and Asia and now widely established throughout North America
    Colors Initially green turning to brown as they mature
    Shapes Many seeded, linear, slender silique up to ½ inch (10 to 15 mm) long on a slender pedicel about 1/3 inches (8 mm.) long
    Taste Peppery taste
    Name Yellow fieldcress
    Scientific Name Rorippa sylvestris
    Native Native to Europe and Asia and now widely established throughout North America
    Common Names Creeping yellow cress, Creeping yellow field cress, Yellow field cress, keek
    Name in Other Languages Afrikaans: Keek
    Albanian: Roripa e pyllit, roripë, Keek
    Amharic: Kēki (ኬክ)
    Arabic: Kayk (كيك)
    Armenian: Kek (կէկ)
    Azerbaijani: Qəşəng
    Belarusian: Žarušnik liasny  (Жарушнік лясны)
    Bengali: Curi karē dēkhā (চুরি করে দেখা)
    Bulgarian: Gorski porech (горски пореч), nadzŭrtam (надзъртам)
    Burmese: Kyinnar (ကြင်နာ)
    Catalan: Creixen silvestre            
    Chinese:  Ou ya han cai, Ōu yà tíng lì (歐亞葶藶), Jí kè (極客), Goku kyaku
    Croatian: Sumski grbak, špijunirati
    Czech: Rukev obecná, rukev lesní, pokukovat    
    Danish: Vej-guldkarse, Keek, Rund løg, Rævehale-amarant, Top-amarant, Vej-guldkarse
    Dutch: Akkerkers, keek
    English: Creeping yellow cress, Creeping yellow field cress, Yellow field cress, keek
    Esperanto: Fervora
    Estonian: Metskerss, keek
    Filipino: Keek
    Finnish: Rantanenätti, Rikkanenätti, кikkanenätti, keek
    French: Cresson des bois, Cresson sauvage, Rorippe sylvestre, Rorippe des forêts, rorippe des champs, caquette sauvage, cresson des forêts, cresson sauvage, cresson sauvage, herbe à l’empereur, roquette sauvage, rorippe des forêts, keek
    Georgian: Keik’I (ქეიკი)
    German: Wald-Sumpfkresse, Wilde-Sumpfkresse, Waldkresse, wilde Kresse, keek
    Greek: Róripa dasikí (ρόριπα δασική),  entáxei (εντάξει)
    Gujarati: Kīka (કીક)
    Hausa: Keek
    Hebrew: בקי
    Hungarian: Erdei kányafű, ishkap kányafű, kukucskál                     
    Icelandic: Flækjujurt, keek
    Indonesian: Mengintai
    Irish: Biolar buí reatha, keek      
    Italian: Crescione radicina, crescione di fiume, nasturzio
    Japanese:  Kireha inu garashi (キレハイヌガラシ), kirenoinuka rashi (キレノイヌカ ラシ), yachiinugarashi, Kīku (キーク)
    Javanese: Keek
    Kannada: Kīk (ಕೀಕ್)
    Kazakh: Kek (кек)
    Korean: Deul-yeoda boda (들여다 보다)
    Kurdish: Keek
    Lao: Keek
    Latin: Keek
    Latvian: Meža paķērsa, keksis   
    Lithuanian: Miškinis čeriukas, keek
    Macedonian: Keek (кеек)
    Malagasy: Keek
    Malay: Keek
    Malayalam: Kīkk (കീക്ക്)
    Maltese: Akkan
    Marathi: Keek (कीक)
    Mongolian: Khachin (хачин)
    Nepali: Keek
    Netherlands: Akkerkers
    Norwegian: Vegkarse, keek, Skou-sennep, Veikarse
    Northern Sami: Gáddekrássa
    Occitan: Escarrabilhe, nasitort salvatge 
    Oriya: Keek
    Pashto  کیک
    Persian: ترتیزک زرد جنگلی
    Polish: Rzepicha leśna, Keek
    Portuguese: Agrião Silvestre, agrião-amarelo, agrião-rastejante, keek
    Punjabi: Keek
    Romanian: Keek
    Russian: Zherushnik lesnoy (Жерушник лесной),            -podglyadyvat (подглядывать)
    Serbian: Zutenica (жутеница), žuti ugaz (жути угаз), obični grbak (обични грбак), keek (кеек)
    Sinhala: Keek   
    Slovak: Roripa lesná
    Slovene: Divja potočarka, gozdna potočarka, keek
    Spanish: Oruga palustre, roqueta palustre, romper a
    Sundanese: Keek
    Swedish: Strandfräne, keek, Grönamarant, Kirgislök, Rundlök, Rävsvans, Segerlök, Rikkanenätti, Trädgårdsgräslök, Strandkrasse, Strandsenap
    Tajik: Gurext (гурехт)
    Tamil: Kīk (கீக்)
    Telugu: Keek
    Thai: Mxng lxd (มองลอด)
    Turkish: Cakandura, gizlice bırakıvermek              
    Ukrainian: Vodyanyy khrin lisovyy (Водяний хрін лісовий), kik (кик)
    Urdu: کیک
    Uzbek: Qip-qizil
    Vietnamese: Keek
    Welsh: Berwr melyn ymlusgol, berwr melyn ymlysgil y dwr, keek, Berwr Melyn Blynyddol y Dŵr, Berwr Melyn Ymlusgol, Berwr Melyn Ymlusgol y Dŵr, Berwy Melyn Ymlusgol y Dwfr, Berwyr Melyn Blynyddol y Dŵr
    Zulu:  Keek
    Plant Growth Habit Perennial herbaceous plant
    Growing Climates Disturbed wetlands, muddy or grassy borders of ditches, soggy meadows, floodplain areas, poorly drained areas along railroads, waste places, nurseries, along streams, near cultivated fields, wet lands, along ditches, damp areas, plains, valleys, sandy beaches, gardens, flower beds, park lawns and roadside embankments
    Soil Preference is full sunlight, wet to moist conditions, and a mucky soil with abundant organic matter. Temporary flooding is tolerated, although more or less permanent standing water is not. This plant withstands occasional mowing
    Plant Size 20–50 cm (8–20 in.) tall
    Root Root system produces abundant rhizomes and vegetative offsets of the mother plant; sometimes a prostrate lower stem will form rootlets near the leaf axils on moist ground. This plant often forms colonies
    Stem Creeping, ascending branches, glossy or with a few sparse hairs
    Leaf Basal and lower stem leaves are glabrous, pinnately lobed, and oblong-ovate or lanceolate-ovate in outline. The terminal lobe is often broader than the other lobes. They are up to 8 inches (to 20 cm) long and ¾ inch wide, deeply divided into lobes that may be further lobed or have coarsely toothed edges
    Flowering season October to March
    Flower Each flower is about 1/3 inches (8 mm.) across when fully open, consisting of 4 yellow petals 3 to 5 mm long, rounded, spatula shaped, and 4 yellow green sepals. Stamens are 6, erect, 4 larger and 2 smaller. Filaments are yellow, glabrous, to 3mm long.
    Fruit Shape & Size Many seeded, linear, slender silique up to ½ inch (10 to 15 mm) long on a slender pedicel about 1/3 inches (8 mm.) long
    Fruit Color Initially green turning to brown as they mature
    Seed Seeds (rarely produced), usually uniseriate, rarely sub-biseriate, reddish brown, ovoid, 0.5-0.9 mm (0.4-0.5 mm diam.), colliculate
    Taste Peppery taste
    Propagation By seed and vegetatively by rhizomes
    Season November to March
    Culinary Uses
    • The seeds of various types of field cresses (genus Lepidium) have been used as a flavoring for meat, salads, and soups.

    Plant Description

    Yellow fieldcress is a perennial herbaceous plant that normally grows about 20–50 cm (8–20 in.) tall. The plant is found growing in disturbed wetlands, muddy or grassy borders of ditches, soggy meadows, floodplain areas, poorly drained areas along railroads, waste places, nurseries, along streams, near cultivated fields, wet lands, along ditches, damp areas, plains, valleys, sandy beaches, gardens, flower beds, park lawns and roadside embankments. The plant prefers full sunlight, wet to moist conditions, and a mucky soil with abundant organic matter. Temporary flooding is tolerated, although more or less permanent standing water is not. This plant can also withstand occasional mowing. Root system produces abundant rhizomes and vegetative offsets of the mother plant; sometimes a prostrate lower stem will form rootlets near the leaf axils on moist ground. This plant often forms colonies.

    Stem

    Stems are erect to ascending to prostrate, usually branched, ribbed, hairless or with sparse hairs on the lower stem. The lower stem of this plant has a tendency to sprawl along the ground in the absence of supportive vegetative; otherwise it is more or less erect. Both the lower and upper stems are glabrous, angular, and somewhat succulent. Plants can form dense colonies from creeping, underground stems (rhizomes).

    Leaves

    Young plants form basal rosettes that disappear after the first year. Basal and lower stem leaves are glabrous, pinnately lobed, and oblong-ovate or lanceolate-ovate in outline. The terminal lobe is often broader than the other lobes. They are up to 8 inches (to 20 cm) long and ¾ inch wide, deeply divided into lobes that may be further lobed or have coarsely toothed edges. Leaves are hairless and become smaller and the divisions narrower as they ascend the stem. The margins of the leaves are bluntly dentate, shallowly lobed, or undulate.

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    Flower

    The upper stems terminate in racemes of yellow flowers. These flowers bloom near the apex of the raceme, while the siliques on spreading pedicels develop below. Each flower is about 1/3 inches (8 mm.) across when fully open, consisting of 4 yellow petals 3 to 5 mm long, rounded, spatula shaped, and 4 yellow green sepals. Stamens are 6, erect, 4 larger and 2 smaller. Filaments are yellow, glabrous, to 3mm long. Anthers yellow, 1mm long. Ovary is cylindrical, green-yellow, glabrous, 2mm long in flower, superior. The blooming period occurs from early to mid-summer and lasts about 1½ months.

    Fruit

    Each fertile flowers are replaced by many seeded, linear, slender silique up to ½ inch (10 to 15 mm) long on a slender pedicel about 1/3 inches (8 mm.) long. Each silique is straight or slightly curved, terminating in a short beak. Fruits are initially green turning to brown as they mature. Fruit consists of several tiny seeds that can probably float on water or blow about in the wind.

    Other Facts

    • Seed is produced 2 to 3 times per year
    • Plants spread by growing additional shoots from the crown or from the roots.
    • Creeping field cress has the potential to become a serious weed in greenhouse, container and field ornamentals.
    • It has been confirmed in container and greenhouse crops in California in 1998.
    • Seed-eating pet birds such as canaries also relish the seeds.
    • Other historic uses include various medicinal applications, with varying degrees of effectiveness.

    References:

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=23017#null

    https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/RORSY

    http://www.misin.msu.edu/facts/detail/?project=&id=433&cname=Creeping%20yellowcress

    http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2417195

    https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/rorippa/sylvestris/

    https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Yellow%20Fieldcress.html

    https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245824

    http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200009673

    https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/rorippa-sylvestris/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorippa_sylvestris

    http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200009673

    https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/creeping-yellow-cress

    https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/creeping_cress.htm

    https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/47792

    https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=ROSY

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    Yellow fieldcress Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Rorippa sylvestris

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (land plants)
    Superdivision Spermatophyta (Seed plants)
    Division Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
    Subdivision Spermatophytina  (spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames)
    Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
    Subclass Dilleniidae
    Superorder Rosanae
    Order Capparales
    Family Brassicaceae / Cruciferae (Mustard family)
    Genus Rorippa Scop. (yellowcress)
    Species Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Besser (creeping yellowcress)
    Synonyms
    • Brachiolobos brevistylus Schur
    • Brachiolobos sylvestris (L.) All.
    • Cardamine silvestris (L.) Kuntze
    • Cardamine sylvestris (L.) Bubani
    • Caroli-gmelina sylvestris (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
    • Crucifera sylvestris (L.) E.H.L.Krause
    • Nasturtium aschersonianum Janka
    • Nasturtium astyloides Knaf
    • Nasturtium astyloides Knaf ex Opiz
    • Nasturtium brevistylon Schur
    • Nasturtium brevistylum Rchb., 1832
    • Nasturtium erythrospermum Boiss. & A.Huet
    • Nasturtium hyi Foucaud & Rouy
    • Nasturtium mucronulatum Lacroix
    • Nasturtium reichenbachii Knaf
    • Nasturtium reichenbachii Knaf ex Opiz
    • Nasturtium riparium Gremli
    • Nasturtium rivulare Rchb.
    • Nasturtium sylvestre (L.) R.Br.
    • Nasturtium sylvestre (L.) W.T.Aiton
    • Nasturtium sylvestre var. brevistylum W.D.J.Koch, 1844
    • Nasturtium sylvestre var. dentatum W.D.J.Koch, 1844
    • Nasturtium sylvestre var. incisum W.D.J.Koch, 1844
    • Nasturtium sylvestre var. rivulare (Rchb.) W.D.J.Koch, 1844
    • Radicula pinnata Moench
    • Radicula sylvestris (L.) Druce
    • Rorippa liaotungensis X.D.Cui & Y.L.Chang
    • Rorippa reichenbachii (Knaf ex Opiz) Simonk.
    • Rorippa rivularis Rchb.
    • Rorippa silvestris Fuss
    • Rorippa sylvestris f. olgae Soó
    • Rorippa sylvestris subsp. sylvestris
    • Rorippa sylvestris var. stenocarpa Vict.
    • Rorippa uliginosa Simonk.
    • Sisymbrella sylvestris (L.) Chevall., 1827
    • Sisymbrella sylvestris (L.) Spach
    • Sisymbrianthus sylvestris (L.) Chevall.
    • Sisymbrium nasturtiifolium Gilib.
    • Sisymbrium sylvestre L.
    • Sisymbrium vulgare Pers.
    • Sisymrella sylvestris (L.) Spach
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