Rorippa austriaca(Crantz) Besser

Austrian yellowcress

WFO wfo-0001218322 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rorippa austriaca, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. a Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-10 / obs. 204963003
Rorippa austriaca, photographed by ahabo
fig. b ahabo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203016655
Rorippa austriaca, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. c Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199689455
Rorippa austriaca, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. d Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / obs. 196711376
Rorippa austriaca, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. e Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 132896857
Rorippa austriaca, photographed by Denis Otkydach
fig. f Denis Otkydach, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132060831
Rorippa austriaca, photographed by Sashko
fig. g Sashko, CC0 1.0 / obs. 169727418
Rorippa austriaca, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. h Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 131736264

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Rorippa austriaca is native: Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine KazakhstanNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeUzbekistanAlbaniaAustriaBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaGermanyGreeceHungaryKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Rorippa austriaca, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Kazakhstan KAZ ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Uzbekistan UZB

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 21 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Armoracia austriaca Wimm.
  • Brachiolobos austriacus (Crantz) Schur
  • Brachiolobos hybridus Schur
  • Brachylobus austriacus (Crantz) Schur
  • Camelina austriaca (Crantz) Pers.
  • Cardamine austriaca (Crantz) Kuntze
  • Chamaelinum austriacum (Crantz) Host
  • Cochlearia altaica Schltdl. ex DC.
  • Cochlearia armoracia Pall. ex DC.
  • Cochlearia austriaca (Crantz) Ledeb.
  • Cochlearia austriaca (Crantz) Vis.
  • Cochlearia microcarpa DC.
  • Crucifera roripa E.H.L.Krause
  • Leiolobium austriacum (Crantz) Opiz
  • Myagrum austriacum (Crantz) Jacq.
  • Myagrum crantzii Vitman
  • Nasturtium austriacum Crantz
  • Nasturtium brachylobus Müll.Berol.
  • Radicula austriaca (Crantz) Small
  • Rorippa astylis f. repens (Resmerita) Soó
  • Rorippa austriaca (Crantz) Spach

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol ROAU. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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