Nasturtium floridanum, common names Florida yellowcress[3] and Florida watercress, is an aquatic plant species endemic to Florida, though widely distributed within that state. It is found in wet places at elevations less than 50 m.[4]
| Florida watercress | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Nasturtium |
| Species: | N. floridanum
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| Binomial name | |
| Nasturtium floridanum (Al-Shehbaz & Rollins) Al-Shehbaz & R.A. Price
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Nasturtium floridanum can be distinguished from the more common N. officinale by its much smaller seeds, less than 2 mm across. [4][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List Nasturtium floridanum
- ^ Tropicos, Nasturtium floridanum
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Nasturtium floridanum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 7 p 492, Nasturtium floridanum
- ^ Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan Ali & Price, Robert A. 1998. Novon 8(2): 125, Nasturtium floridanum
- ^ Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan Ali & Price, Robert A. 1988 Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 69(1): 68, Rorippa floridana
- ^ Chapman, Alvan (Alvin) Wentworth. 1887. Flora of the Southern United States (ed. 2) 605, Cardamine curvisiliqua