Rorippa sylvestris (the creeping yellowcress,[1] keek, or yellow fieldcress; syn. Radicula sylvestris (L.) Druce [2]) is an invasive species[3] of plant in the United States, likely entering from Europe before 1818 from ballast water and spreading throughout North America through contaminated nursery seed stock.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Rorippa |
| Species: | R. sylvestris
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| Rorippa sylvestris | |
References
edit- ^ Rorippa sylvestris at USDA PLANTS Database
- ^ Rorippa sylvestris at The Herbarium of Louisiana State University
- ^ Rorippa sylvestris at Invasive.org
- ^ Les, Donald H. (2017-09-01), "Dicotyledons II", Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America, Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, 2018.: CRC Press, pp. 45–86, doi:10.1201/9781315118116-3, ISBN 978-1-315-11811-6, retrieved 2022-06-16
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