Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Family: Brassicaceae
Pertinent Synonyms & Notes (particularly those used in California; go to GRIN for other synonyms)
Sisymbrium amphibium L. var. palustre L.
Pertinent Common Names (particularly those used in California; go to GRIN for other common names)
marsh yellowcress
Primary Disseminule Type
seed
Description (diagnostics are in brown)
Fruit a multi-seeded dehiscent silique or silicle, oblong to broadly elliptical, only slightly compressed, straight ro slightly curved, glabrous, (0.3)0.4–1 cm long x 1.5–3(3.5) mm wide x ca. 2–3 mm thick, without conspicuous beak. Style remnant 0.2–1 mm long.
Seed ± round to obovate or cordate in outline, partially compressed, cross-section oblong or ovate to irregularly lumpy, 0.5–0.8(1) mm long x 0.4–0.6(0.8) mm wide x 0.3–0.5 mm thick, Surface light yellowish-brown but somewhat darker in hilar region, sparkly to shiny (under magnification), minutely papillate-bubbly (colliculate), irregularly indented between the radicle and cotyledons.
Hilum in a prominent notch bordered on one side by the prominent incurved tip of the radicle, funicular remnant (when present) lighter brown.
Embryo bent, cotyledons accumbent, endosperm lacking.
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Risk Assessment (codes in yellow or red indicate cause for concern; assessments are current as of mid-2011; click AUQP, NZBORIC, or NZBPI for access to the most recent versions of these databases and possible assessment changes)
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