Plants : BrassicaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser

Marsh Yellow-cress

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Rorippa palustris

Description: A common plant of lake shores, ponds, sides of drainage ditches and similar wet habitats. The stems are mainly erect-growing, unlike the similar and much rarer Rorippa islandica. Flowers are small and yellow, succeeded by small fat 'pods'.

All names: Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser; Rorippa islandica auct. non (Oeder ex Murray) Borbas; Radicula islandica (Oeder) Druce; Radicula palustris (L.) Moench

Distribution Map from NBN: Rorippa palustris at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Rorippa palustris at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Rorippa palustris. (L.) Besser. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2897. Accessed on 2026-11-02.