Common name:
Creeping yellow-cress
Family:
Scientific name:
Rorippa sylvestris
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Wales and southern Scotland
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Lakeshores and other damp, open ground
Flowers:
Four yellow petals, relatively short (around 6 mm in length), and four greenish-yellow sepals around half as long
Fruit:
Hairless, cylindrical pods, up to 20 mm long, topped by the residual stigma disc. Attached by ascending stalks of similar length
Leaves:
Hairless, pinnately divided into irregularly-toothed segments
Season:
June to October
Rarity:
★★★★★
