Latin name: Rorippa sphaerocarpa (A. Gray) Britton
  Pronunciation: roar-IP-pa sfeer-o-KAR-pa
  Common name: Round-fruit yellow-cress
  Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
  Habitat: Lake margins, muddy streambanks to 9000',
  montane coniferous forest, San Bernardino and San
  Gabriel Mts, UNCOMMON
  Blooming period: June to September
  Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Rorippa
  (2) sphaerocarpa
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