Rorippa nudiuscula Thell.

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Rorippa

Characteristics

Perennial herbs up to 60 cm high. Stems minutely and sparsely tuberculate in the lower half or smooth. Leaves up to 15 cm long, very variable in shape. Basal leaves in a rosette, petiolate, the petiole dilated, lyrate-pinnatifid, 2-9-jugate with short, rounded or lobulate lateral lobes and an ovate or oblong-ovate, dentate to lobulate terminal lobe (when many-jugate the terminal lobe is frequently not much bigger than the lateral lobes), or leaves broadly oblanceolate to obovate, serrate or dentate, not lobed. Stem leaves often small, broadly petiolate or sessile, ± auriculate-amplexicaul, lanceolate or oblanceolate, incised-lobate, 2-3(-6)-jugate, to dentate or subentire. Sepals 2.5-3.5 mm long. Petals 3-4.5 mm long, narrowly obovate, cuneate. Ovary linear-oblong, style short, stigma very large, 2-lobed. Fruiting pedicels 0.4-1.8 cm long, wide-spreading, the lower ones longest. Siliquae 1.2-3.3 cm long, 2-2.8 mm broad, linear-oblong, erect or ascending; valves slightly convex, reticulately veined, only the lower half with an inconspicuous midrib; style 0.8-1.2(rarely 2) mm long, clavate or obconical. Seeds 0.7-0.8 x 0.5-0.6 mm, compressed, oval, seed-coat minutely papillate.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high; often in moist places but not generally aquatic. Stems erect, slender; minutely and sparsely tuberculate in lower half or smooth. Leaves with basal leaves in a rosette; petiolate, blade lyrate-pinnatifid, 2-9-jugate with lateral, short, rounded or lobulate, lateral lobes, terminal lobe ovate or obovate, dentate to lobulate or blade broadly obovate-ovate to ovate, serrate or dentate, not lobulate; stem leaves few, smaller. Flowers: in terminal racemes; petals narrowly obovate, base cuneate, 3.0-4.5 mm long, yellow; Oct.-Feb. Fruit with pedicels wide-spreading; siliquae linear-oblong, 12-33 x 2.0-2.8 mm; reticulately veined; style clavate or obconical.
Perennial herb, 0.3-0.6 m high. Stems minutely and sparsely tuberculate in lower half or smooth. Leaves: basal leaves rosulate, petiolate, lyrate-pinnatifid, 2-9-jugate, lateral lobes short, rounded or lobulate, terminal lobe ovate or oblong-ovate, dentate to lobulate; or leaves oblanceolate to obovate, serrate or dentate, not lobed; cauline leaves small, broadly petiolate or sessile, lanceolate or oblanceolate, incised-lobate, 2-or 3-jugate, dentate or subentire. Inflorescence a raceme. Petals narrowly obovate, cuneate. Fruit a siliqua, linear-oblong, erect or ascending. Seeds oval, compressed, with coat minutely papillate.
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 50 cm long. The leaves at the base are in a ring. The blades are 7 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. There are irregular teeth around the edge. The flowers are in groups at the ends of stems. They are yellow. The fruit are long and thin like a pod and 3.8 cm long. The seeds are in 2 rows
Perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high. Basal leaves in a rosette; cauline leaves few, small. Petals 3.0-4.5 mm long. Flowers yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Young plants are eaten as a potherb.
Uses food additive gene source potherb
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Rorippa nudiuscula world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:288663-1
WFO ID wfo-0001217141
COL ID 798DP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Arabis nudiuscula Erysimum nudicaule Nasturtium nudiusculum Rorippa nudiuscula Arabis nudiuscula Nasturtium elongatum Nasturtium fluviatile var. brevistylum