Rorippa microtitis, the Chihuahuan yellowcress,[2] is a plant species native to Chihuahua, Arizona and New Mexico. It is widespread in Arizona but has been recorded from only one county in New Mexico (Catron).[3][4]
| Rorippa microtitis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Rorippa |
| Species: | R. microtitis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rorippa microtitis (B.L.Rob.) Rollins
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Rorippa microtitis is a branched, glabrous herb up to 60 cm tall. It has deeply divided pinnatifid leaves. Flowers are yellow, borne in racemes. The species grows in wet places such as lake shores, bogs, meadows, stream banks, etc., at elevations of 1700–2300 m.[3][5][6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ Tropicos
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rorippa microtitis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 7 p 501
- ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Project) floristic synthesis map, Rorippa microtitis
- ^ Rollins, Reed Clark. 1957. Rhodora 59(699): 71.
- ^ Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln. 1900. Botanical Gazette 30(1): 59.
- ^ Schulz, Otto Eugen 1933. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 34(891/899): 134.
- ^ Thomas H. Kearney & Robert H. Peebles. 1961. Arizona Flora. University of California Press.
