Rorippa indica(L.) Hiern

variableleaf yellowcress

WFO wfo-0000399604 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rorippa indica, photographed by 岸本年郎
fig. a 岸本年郎, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-25 / obs. 190582863
Rorippa indica, photographed by 高山田鼠
fig. b 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177324801
Rorippa indica, photographed by Takaaki Hattori
fig. c Takaaki Hattori, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171851015
Rorippa indica, photographed by 高山田鼠
fig. d 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177223918
Rorippa indica, photographed by Zinogre
fig. e Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 133080872
Rorippa indica, photographed by Zinogre
fig. f Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 120401757
Rorippa indica, photographed by 葉子
fig. g 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 116756770
Rorippa indica, photographed by chiuluan
fig. h chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89407613

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Rorippa indica is native: Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Gulf of Guinea Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Qinghai, Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya CameroonCongoDR CongoEgyptGulf of Guinea Is.China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanManchuriaQinghaiTaiwanTibetXinjiangAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnamWest Himalaya KoreaNansei-shoto
Native distribution of Rorippa indica, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Nansei-shoto NNS
Qinghai CHQ
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Xinjiang CHX
Cameroon CMN AFRICA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Egypt EGY
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI

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 30 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.

  • Cardamine atrovirens (Hornem.) Kuntze
  • Cardamine glandulosa Blanco
  • Cardamine lamontii Hance
  • Clandestinaria indica Spach
  • Nasturtium apetalum (Lour.) A.Chev.
  • Nasturtium apetalum DC.
  • Nasturtium atrovirens (Hornem.) DC.
  • Nasturtium diffusum DC.
  • Nasturtium heterophyllum D.Don
  • Nasturtium indicum DC.
  • Nasturtium montanum Wall. ex Hook.f. & T.Anderson
  • Nasturtium montanum (Nutt.) Kuntze
  • Nasturtium montanum Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Nasturtium obtusulum (Miq.) Koidz.
  • Nasturtium sinapis (Burm.f.) O.E.Schulz
  • Radicula indica J.M.Macoun
  • Radicula indica Standl.
  • Radicula montana (Wall.) Hu ex C.Pei
  • Rorippa atrovirens (Hornem.) Ohwi & Hara
  • Rorippa indica var. indica Hiern
  • Rorippa montana (Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Small
  • Rorippa sinapis (Burm.f.) Ohwi & Hara
  • Sinapis benghalensis Roxb. ex DC.
  • Sinapis divaricata Roxb.

and 6 more.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. 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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