Brassicaceae
Sessile-flower yellowcress
Rorippa sessiliflora
Also known as Rorippa sessiliflora, Yellow watercress, Sessile-flowered watercress, Radicula limosa
Flowering Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Yellowcress · Rorippa · Wetland Plant · Native Herb · Brassicaceae · Rain Garden · Riparian · Moist Soil · Southeastern Native · Water Feature
Sessile-flower yellowcress is a native wetland herb that thrives in moist to wet soils along stream banks, pond edges, and ditches. It is best used in rain gardens or naturalized wet areas rather than traditional garden beds. Provide consistent moisture and partial shade for best growth, and avoid letting the soil dry out completely.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; this plant tolerates wet conditions and benefits from regular watering near water features · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Masachusettes, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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