Rorippa aquatica

{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox |image=Rorippa aquatica BB-1913.png |image_caption=Botanical illustration |genus=Rorippa |species=aquatica |authority=(Eaton) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. |synonyms_ref=<ref name="POWO_288711-1" /> |synonyms={{Collapsible list| *''Armoracia americana'' {{small|(A.Gray) Hook. & Arn.}} *''Armoracia aquatica'' {{small|(Eaton) Wiegand}} *''Armoracia aquatica'' f. ''capillifolia'' {{small|Vict. & J.Rousseau}} *''Armoracia lacustris'' {{small|(A.Gray) Al-Shehbaz & V.Bates}} *''Cochlearia aquatica'' {{small|(Eaton) Eaton}} *''Cochlearia armoracia'' var. ''aquatica'' {{small|Eaton}} *''Nasturtium lacustre'' {{small|A.Gray}} *''Nasturtium natans'' {{small|Hook.}} *''Nasturtium natans'' var. ''americanum'' {{small|A.Gray}} *''Nasturtium natans'' var. ''brevistylum'' {{small|Torr. & A.Gray}} *''Neobeckia aquatica'' {{small|(Eaton) Greene}} *''Radicula aquatica'' {{small|(Eaton) B.L.Rob.}} *''Rorippa americana'' {{small|(A.Gray) Britton}} }}}}

'''''Rorippa aquatica''''' (syns. ''Neobeckia aquatica'' and ''Armoracia lacustris''), the '''lakecress''' or '''lake cress''', is a species of freshwater aquatic flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.<ref name="NEAQ2" >{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=NEAQ2 |title=''Neobeckia aquatica'' (Eaton) Greene Lakecress, Lake Cress |author= |date=13 March 2023 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=23 July 2023 }}</ref> It is found in eastern and central North America, generally in the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds.<ref name="POWO_288711-1" >{{cite POWO |id=288711-1 |title=''Rorippa aquatica'' (Eaton) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. |access-date=23 July 2023 }}</ref> A submerged perennial, it has emergent flowering branches.<ref name="FNA_250094612" >{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250094612 |title=3. ''Rorippa aquatica'' (Eaton) E. J. Palmer & Steyermark, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 550. 1935. (as Roripa). |author= |date=2023 |website=Flora of North America |publisher=efloras.org |access-date=23 July 2023 }}</ref> It is typically found in slow-moving water, such as oxbow lakes. It is used as a foreground aquarium plant, as it is undemanding and very slow-growing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flowgrow.de/db/aquaticplants/rorippa-aquatica |title=''Rorippa aquatica'' |author= |date=2023 |website=flowgrow.de |publisher=Flowgrow |access-date=23 July 2023 |quote=Water cabbage ... found in trade under its former name ''Armoracia aquatica'' }}</ref>

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aquatica Category:Aquatic plants Category:Aquarium plants Category:Flora of Ontario Category:Flora of Quebec Category:Flora of Minnesota Category:Flora of Iowa Category:Flora of Missouri Category:Flora of Wisconsin Category:Flora of Illinois Category:Flora of Oklahoma Category:Flora of Texas Category:Flora of Michigan Category:Flora of Indiana Category:Flora of Ohio Category:Flora of Massachusetts Category:Flora of New York (state) Category:Flora of New Jersey Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States Category:Plants described in 1935