Pronunciation: roar-IP-pa oh-fis-in-AY-lee
Common name: Watercress
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Habitat: Streams, springs, marshes, lake margins, wet
banks below 8000', cismontane and desert, naturalized
from Europe
Blooming period: March to November
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Rorippa
2) officinale
Formerly Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum