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Barbarea vulgaris

(Creasy)

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Danish:

Almindelig Vinterkarse, Udspærret Vinterkarse

Common Names in Dutch:

Barbarakruid

Common Names in English:

Creasy, Garden Yellow Rocket, Garden Yellow-Rocket, Garden Yellowrocket, Herb-Barbaras, Rocket Cress, Upland Cress, Winter Cress, Wintercress, Yellow Rocket

Common Names in Finnish:

Peltokanankaali

Common Names in French:

Barbarée, Barbarée Commune, Barbarée Vulgaire, Girarde Jaune, Herbe Aux Charpentiers, Herbe De Sainte-Barbe

Common Names in German:

Barbarakraut, Echtes Barbarakraut

Common Names in Italian:

Erba Disanta Barbara

Common Names in Norwegian:

Vinterkarse

Common Names in Portuguese:

Agrião-De-Inverno, Erva-De-Santa-Bárbara

Common Names in Spanish:

Hierba De Santa Bárbara

Common Names in Swedish:

Bangyllen, Sommargyllen, Vanlig Sommargyllen, Vanlig Vinterkrasse

Description

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Physical Description

Species Barbarea vulgaris

Herbs biennial or rarely perennial , glabrous throughout or sparsely hairy . Stems (20-) 30-80(-100) cm tall, erect , angled , branched above. Basal and lowermost cauline leaves petiolate ; petiole (0.5-) 2-8(-12) cm, glabrous or ciliate ; leaf blade (1-) 2-8(-10) cm, lyrate-pinnatifid, with 1-3(-5) lobes on each side of midvein , rarely early ones undivided, sometimes slightly fleshy ; lateral lobes oblong or ovate , 0.3-2(-4) cm × 1-8(-15) mm, entire, repand , crenate , or dentate ; terminal lobe ovate or suborbicular , considerably larger than lateral ones, (0.7-) 1.5-4.5(-7) × (0.4-) 1-3(-5) cm. Upper cauline leaves ovate or suborbicular, undivided, coarsely dentate, sinuate , or rarely subentire , sessile, conspicuously auriculate ; auricles ovate or narrowly oblong, to 10 × 5 mm, often ciliate. Racemes ebracteate , elongated considerably in fruit. Sepals yellow, oblong, 3-4 × 1-1.5 mm, erect, margin scarious , lateral pair slightly saccate . Petals yellow, spatulate , rounded , 5-6(-7) × 1.5-2 mm, attenuate to base . Filaments yellow, 3-4.5 mm; anthers oblong, 0.7-1.2 mm. Fruiting pedicels divaricate or erect-ascending, 3-7 mm, terete or subquadrangular, glabrous, narrower than fruit. Fruit linear, (0.7-) 1.5-3 cm × 1-1.5 mm, terete, somewhat compressed , or 4-angled, torulose , erect to erect-ascending; gynophore to 0.5 mm; valves apex obtuse or subacute ; style slender, 1.5-3 mm. Seeds dark brown, broadly ovate or subglobose, 1.2-1.5 × 1-1.2 mm, uniseriate , plump, wingless. Fl. and fr. Apr-Aug. 2n = 16. [source]

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, June. • Flower Color: yellow

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 6-12" tall.

Habitat

Along ditches, river banks, damp grasslands, waste places, roadsides, fields , disturbed sites; 700-4100 m [1].

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,180 meters (0 to 10,433 feet).[2]

Biology

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Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Barbarea arcuata (Opiz Ex J. and C. Presl) Reichard • Barbarea arcuata (Opiz Ex J. and K. Presl) Reichenb. • Barbarea stricta auct. non Andrz. • Barbarea vulgaris var. arcuata (Opiz Ex J. and C. Presl) Fries • Barbarea vulgaris var. brachycarpa Rouy and Foucaud • Barbarea vulgaris var. longisiliquosa Carion • Barbarea vulgaris var. sylvestris Fries • Barbarea Vulgarus Arcuata • Barbarea Vulgarus Brachycarpa • Barbarea Vulgarus Longisiliquosa • Barbarea Vulgarus Sylvestris • Campe barbarea (L.) W. Wight Ex Piper • Campe stricta auct. non (Andrz.) W. Wight Ex Piper • Erysimum arcuatum Opiz Ex J. and C. Presl • Erysimum barbarea Linnaeus.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 2009

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Barbarea

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

B. australis (Native Wintercress) · B. balcana (Balkan Yellow Rocket) · B. bosniaca (Bosnian Yellow Rocket) · B. intermedia (Medium-Flowered Winter-Cress) · B. orthoceras (American Winter-Cress) · B. verna (Belle Isle Cress) · B. vulgaris (Creasy) · B. vulgaris var. hirsuta (Yellow Rocket) · B. vulgaris 'Variegata' (Creasy) · B. vulgaris 'Variegated Winter' (Upland Cress)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Barbarea vulgaris". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 111. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 161.810 meters (530.873 feet), Standard Deviation = 227.910 based on 15,038 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012