Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum

Watercress at Holt, ACT

Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum at Holt, ACT - 23 Sep 2021
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum at Holt, ACT - 23 Sep 2021
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum at Holt, ACT - 23 Sep 2021
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Identification history

Nasturtium officinale 23 Sep 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 23 Sep 2021 trevorpreston

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Plant growing in a small creek. Up to about 50cm high.

3 comments

JaneR wrote:
   23 Sep 2021
its difficult to sort this out. The location looks more like a soak than a creek, and if so then it might not be a water plant. There appear to be some purple flowers but not distinct enough to ID, possibly a Veronica ? Some of the leaves resemble Nasturtium officinale (which has white flowers). A height of 50 cm is on the tall side for N. officinale
trevorpreston wrote:
   23 Sep 2021
This was definately in a small creek, but I did struggle as to where to put this plant, it may well belong in another plant category. There were no flowers on it at all, so that doesn't help much sorry.
JaneR wrote:
   23 Sep 2021
Sorry I can't resolve this. Hopefully another moderator can.

The reason I thought it looked like a soak rather than a creek was because of the photo location, which is up high above Ginninderra Creek on uniform-looking ground.

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Additional information

  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

  • Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Scientific name
  • Watercress Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Minor weed or pest
  • Up to 1119.76m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
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  • Synonyms

    Nasturtium officinale Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum

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