Nasturtium gambelii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Nasturtium gambelii (S. Watson) O. E. Schulz

Gambel's yellowcress

2010 Chris Winchell

2013 Anuja Parikh and Nathan Gale

Nasturtium gambelii is a perennial herb that is native to California.

also called Rorippa gambelii

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).

State of California status: Threatened. Federal status: Endangered.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~63 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Nasturtium
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs in wetlands

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


CNPS	Cardamine gambelii, Rorippa gambelii, Rorippa gambellii
JEF + PLANTS	Cardamine gambelii
JEF + PLANTS	Rorippa gambelii

Information about Nasturtium gambelii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (NAGA) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 1B.1 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/23/2024).