Creeping Yellowcress (Yellow Fieldcress, Keek)

Found in:

• Landscape beds; common in heavy, wet, nutrient-rich soil

Characteristics:

• Annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial that is 6-18” tall
• Leaves are alternate along stem, linear and deeply lobed
• Pale yellow 4-petaled flowers at or near the end of the stem occur June to Sept.; flower stems are upright
• Pale yellow taproot is slender and has secondary fibrous roots

Significance:

• Seed is produced 2 to 3 times per year
• Plants spread by growing additional shoots from the crown or from the roots

Plants that look similar:

• Dandelion (foliage)

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