Brassicaceae
Curve-pod yellow cress
Rorippa curvisiliqua
Also known as Radicula occidentalis, Rorippa curvisiliqua var. procumbens, Rorippa multicaulis, Rorippa curvisiliqua var. lyrata
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Native Wildflower · Brassicaceae · Wetland Plant · Part Shade · Perennial · Streambank · Yellow Flowers · Western North America
Curve-pod yellow cress thrives in moist, partly shaded environments such as streambanks and wet meadows. Water regularly to maintain consistent soil moisture and avoid letting it dry out completely. It is best suited for naturalized or native plant gardens in western North America rather than formal container growing.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 20 ft – 40 ft
- Spread
- 20 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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