| Family | Brassicaceae |
| Scientific name | Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Besser |
| Synonyms | Nasturtium sylvestre (L.) R. Brown; Rorippa liaotungensis X. D. Cui & Y. L. Chang; Sisymbrium silvestre L. |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) kireha-inu-garasi (キレハイヌナズナ, 切葉犬薺 [meaning: cut leaves inu-garashi (inu-garashi = Rorippa indica (L.) Hiern)]) |
| (English common name) creeping yellow cress, creeping yellow field cress, yellow field cress | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
| (Other nations) [native] Caucasus, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Europe | |
| Habitat | Roadside, field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=32, 40, 48 |
| Description | Plants electing 10-60cm tall. Leaves leaflets 5-15cm long. Flowers yellow 4 petals each ca. 4mm long, flowering in April to August. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Besser |
| Rorippa sylvestris (Linnaeus) Besser | |
| Reporter system for plants (WIPO Patent WO/2003/100068) | |
| Method of producing and screening antibodies produced in transgenic plants (WIPO Patent WO/2004/027071) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants (first reported in 1963). |
| July 2008 at Alpine Botanical Garden in Yuzawa Highland |
July 2008 at Alpine Botanical Garden in Yuzawa Highland |
July 2008 at Alpine Botanical Garden in Yuzawa Highland |
| July 2008 at Alpine Botanical Garden in Yuzawa Highland |