Brassicaceae
Onerow yellowcress
Nasturtium microphyllum
Also known as Marsh yellowcress, Rorippa, Yellow watercress, Nasturtium officinale f. microphyllum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Watercress · Aquatic · Bog · Streamside · Brassicaceae · Wildflower · Wetland · Edible Relative · Perennial · Native
Onerow yellowcress thrives in moist to wet soils and prefers a position in full sun to partial shade. Keep the soil consistently moist, making it well-suited to pond margins, streambanks, or bog gardens. Avoid letting the soil dry out completely, as this plant is not drought tolerant.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.4–8
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Austria, Belgium, British Columbia, Chile Central, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iran
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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