Rorippa schlechteri (O.E.Schulz) P.Royen

Annual to short-lived perennial with taproot, 15-50 cm high. Stem solitary, erect, unbranched or with rather few, comparatively long branches. Leaves indistinctly petiolate, auriculate, 1.5-15 by 0.9-3.5 cm, lyrato-pinnate with 1-3 pairs of oblong lateral lobes, 0.2-1.5 by 0.1-0.6 mm; terminal lobe elliptic-ovate, 0.8-4 by 0.3-2.5 mm; margins irregularly dentate. Racemes terminal and on side-branches, ebracteate, in flower very condensed, in fruit rather loose, up to 15 cm long; pedicels patent to reflexed, 3-10 mm long. Sepals oblong, 1.5-2 mm long. Petals yellow, spathulate, 1.7-2.5 mm long. Stamens 6; anthers c. 0.5 mm long; filaments linear. Ovary ellipsoid with c. 0.2 mm long style. Siliquae inflated, semiglobose to broadly ellipsoid, 5-9 by 3-6 mm; valves thin; style 0.6-0.9 by c. 0.3 mm, with flat, slightly broader stigma. Seeds red-brown, spheroid, 0.8-1 mm, minutely foveolate.

A tropical plant. It is common in highland areas from 1000 to 2,200 m altitude but it also grows down to the coast.

The leaves and whole plant are cooked and eaten.

The seeds are normally broadcast over the garden. Rorippa schlechteri is grown as a vegetable in gardens in the highlands. Because it has a well developed taproot, the plant does not transplant easily.