Rorippa sylvestris (the creeping yellowcress, keek, or yellow fieldcress; syn. Radicula sylvestris (L.) Druce ) is an invasive species of plant in the United States, likely entering from Europe before 1818 from ballast water and spreading throughout North America through contaminated nursery seed stock.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Creeping Yellowcress being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Rorippa brachycarpa
- Rorippa palustris
- Rorippa hispida
- Rorippa sinuata
- Rorippa curvisiliqua
- Sisymbrium austriacum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Rorippa
- Species
- Rorippa sylvestris
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