Rorippa teres (Michx.) Stuckey

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Brassicaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Rorippa teres (Michx.) Stuckey

  • Description

    Species Description - A sp. chiefly of the coastal plain of s. U.S. and s. to Mex., extends up the Mississippi embayment occasionally as far as St. Louis. It would key to R. sessiliflora, from which it differs in having short but evident pet 1–2 mm, fewer (mostly 100–150) seeds, an often longer style (to 1.5 mm), and in often being provided with vesicular trichomes.