Family: Brassicaceae
Rorippa microphylla
Citation:
Hylander, Rep. Univ. Inst. Appl. Sci. Reykjavik, Dept Ag. Bull. 3:109 (1948).
Synonymy: Nasturtium microphyllum Boenn. ex Reichb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2:683 (1832).
Common name: One-rowed watercress.
Description:
Perennial, semi-aquatic, stoloniferous; stems to 60 cm long; leaves pinnate with 1-9 pairs of pinnae, mostly to 10 cm long.
Sepals 1.5-3 mm long; petals 4-5 mm long, white; stamens 6.
Siliqua linear, curved, 15-30 mm long, 1-2 mm wide; valves with an inconspicuous vein; style to 1 mm long; pedicels spreading to reflexed, 10-15 mm long; seeds ovoid, c. 1 mm long, reticulate with 100 depressions per face, in 1 irregular row, not mucous.
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Image source: fig 221c in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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A semi-aquatic species found close to settlement.
S.Aust.: SL, SE. N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Native to Europe and western Asia.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: not known (no specimen in AD).
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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