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Barbarea vulgaris

(Garden Yellow Rocket)

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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Family Brassicaceae

Herbs annual , biennial, or perennial , sometimes subshrubs or shrubs , with a pungent , watery juice. Eglandular trichomes unicellular, simple , stalked or sessile, 2- to many forked , stellate , dendritic , or malpighiaceous (medifixed , bifid, appressed ), rarely peltate and scalelike; glandular trichomes multicellular, with uniseriate or multiseriate stalk . Stems erect , ascending , or prostrate , sometimes absent. Leaves exstipulate , simple, entire or variously pinnately dissected , rarely trifoliolate or pinnately, palmately, or bipinnately compound ; basal leaf rosette present or absent; cauline leaves almost always alternate, rarely opposite or whorled , petiolate or sessile, sometimes absent. Inflorescence bracteate or ebracteate racemes , corymbs, or panicles, sometimes flowers solitary on long pedicels originating from axils of rosette leaves . Flowers hypogynous, mostly actinomorphic . Sepals 4, in 2 decussate pairs, free or rarely united , not saccate or lateral (inner) pair saccate. Petals 4, alternate with sepals, arranged in the form of a cross (cruciform ; hence the earlier family name Cruciferae), rarely rudimentary or absent. Stamens 6, in 2 whorls, tetradynamous (lateral (outer) pair shorter than median (inner) 2 pairs), rarely equal or in 3 pairs of unequal length , sometimes stamens 2 or 4, very rarely 8-24; filaments slender, winged , or appendaged, median pairs free or rarely united; anthers dithecal , dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Pollen grains 3-colpate, trinucleate . Nectar glands receptacular , highly diversified in number, shape , size, and disposition around base of filaments, always present opposite bases of lateral filaments, median glands present or absent. Pistil 2-carpelled; ovary superior, sessile or borne on a distinct gynophore , mostly 2-locular and with a false septum connecting 2 placentae; placentation parietal , rarely apical; ovules anatropous or campylotropous, bitegmic, 1 to many per locule. Fruit typically a 2-valved capsule, generally termed silique (siliqua) when length 3 × or more than width , or silicle (silicula) when length less than 3 × width, dehiscent or indehiscent, sometimes schizocarpic, nutletlike, lomentaceous , or samaroid , segmented or not, terete , angled , or flattened parallel to septum (latiseptate ) or at a right angle to septum (angustiseptate) ; valves 2(or 3-6) ; replum (persistent placenta) rounded , rarely flattened or winged; septum complete, perforated, reduced to a rim , or lacking; style 1, distinct, obsolete , or absent; stigma capitate or conical , entire or 2-lobed, sometimes lobes decurrent and free or connate . Seeds without endosperm, uniseriately or biseriately arranged in each locule, aseriate when 1, winged or wingless, mucilaginous or not when wetted; cotyledons incumbent (embryo notorrhizal: radicle lying along back of 1 cotyledon), accumbent (embryo pleurorrhizal: radicle applied to margins of both cotyledons), or conduplicate (embryo orthoplocal: cotyledons folded longitudinally around radicle), rarely spirally coiled (embryo spirolobal) . Germination epigeal.

About 330 genera and 3500 species: all continents except Antarctica, mainly in temperate areas, with highest diversity in Irano-Turanian, Mediterranean, and W North American regions; 102 genera (eight endemic) and 412 species (115 endemic) in China.

Because of lack of a comprehensive classification based on phylogenetic relationships among genera, and in order to facilitate direct comparison between the accounts in FOC and FRPS, the sequence of genera follows Schulz (Nat. Pflanzenfam. 17b: 227-658. 1936) . However, it should be emphasized that his system is largely artificial because he placed closely related genera in different tribes and remotely related genera in the same tribe. For example, Arabis, Aubrieta, Draba, and Macropodium, which are very closely related on the basis of recent molecular studies, were placed by Schulz in four different tribes, whereas the unrelated Capsella, Lepidium, and Thlaspi were placed in one tribe. The delimitation of genera is often difficult, and mature fruits are needed for reliable identification.

The Brassicaceae include many important crop plants that are grown as vegetables (Brassica, Nasturtium, Raphanus) and sources of vegetable oils (Brassica) and condiments (Armoracia, Brassica, Eutrema, Sinapis) . Oils of Brassica probably rank first in terms of tonnage of the world's production of edible oils. The family includes many ornamentals in the genera Erysimum, Iberis Linnaeus, Lobularia, Malcolmia, and Matthiola. Of these, only Lobularia maritima has become naturalized in China. The family also includes more than 120 species of weeds . Arabidopsis thaliana, which is naturalized in China, has become the model organism in many fields of experimental biology .

The delimitation of genera in the Brassicaceae is often difficult because of the frequent independent evolution of what appear to be similar character states , the variability of a given character in one genus and its fixture in another, and the inadequate sampling of material by most authors . Fruit characters are essential in the identification of genera. However, a key emphasizing flowering material is given in addition to the one emphasizing fruit. The most reliable determination of genera can be achieved when the material has both fruit and flowers and when both keys are successfully used to reach the same genus.

The types of cotyledonary position, which in reality is the position of the radicle in relation to the cotyledons (e.g. , radicle accumbent, incumbent, or conduplicate, though radicle referred to as "cotyledon" throughout) are important in the separation of many genera, and a cross section of the seed provides the easiest and simplest way of determining that position. The exact number of ovules per ovary can easily be determined from the fruit because aborted ovules persist through fruit dehiscence. However, it is more laborious to determine the ovule number from pistils and young fruit.[1]

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 [2].

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

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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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Barbarea arcuata (Opiz Ex J. and C. Presl) Reichard
  2. Barbarea arcuata (Opiz Ex J. and K. Presl) Reichenb.
  3. Barbarea stricta auct. non Andrz.
  4. Barbarea vulgaris var. arcuata (Opiz Ex J. and C. Presl) Fries
  5. Barbarea vulgaris var. brachycarpa Rouy and Foucaud
  6. Barbarea vulgaris var. longisiliquosa Carion
  7. Barbarea vulgaris var. sylvestris Fries
  8. Barbarea Vulgarus Arcuata
  9. Barbarea Vulgarus Brachycarpa
  10. Barbarea Vulgarus Longisiliquosa
  11. Barbarea Vulgarus Sylvestris
  12. Campe barbarea (L.) W. Wight Ex Piper
  13. Campe stricta auct. non (Andrz.) W. Wight Ex Piper
  14. Erysimum arcuatum Opiz Ex J. and C. Presl
  15. Erysimum barbarea Linnaeus.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000.

Name verified on 25-Sep-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Dec-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Barbarea

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 97 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

B. abyssinica · B. affinis · B. alpicola · B. alpina · B. altaica · B. americana · B. apoiensis · B. arcuata · B. arisanense · B. arisanensis · B. augustana · B. aurea · B. auriculata · B. australis (Native Wintercress) · B. balcana · B. barbarea · B. barbareae · B. bosniaca · B. brachycarpa · B. bracteosa · B. brevicaulis · B. brevistyla · B. ceretana · B. cilicica · B. ciliifera · B. cochlearifolia · B. conferta · B. croatica · B. elata · B. erysimoides · B. gradlii · B. grandiflora · B. grayi · B. hedgeana · B. heterophylla · B. hirsuta · B. hondoensis · B. hongii · B. humilis · B. iberica · B. integrifolia · B. intermedia (Medium-Flowered Winter-Cress) · B. kayserii · B. ketzkhovelii · B. lepuznica · B. linnaei · B. lippizensis · B. longirostris · B. longisiliqua · B. lutea · B. lyrata · B. macrocarpa · B. macrophylla · B. minor · B. morrisonensis · B. oligosperma · B. orthocera · B. orthoceras (American Winter-Cress) · B. orthoceras dolichocarpa · B. palustris · B. parviflora · B. patens · B. patula · B. perennis · B. pinnata · B. planisiliqua · B. plantaginea · B. platycarpa · B. praecox · B. prostrata · B. pyrenaica · B. rivularis · B. rupestris · B. rupicola · B. schulzeana · B. sibirica · B. sicula · B. silvestris · B. stolonifera · B. stricta · B. sylvestris · B. taiwaniana · B. taurica · B. trichopoda · B. verna (American Winter-Cress) · B. vicina · B. vulgaris (Garden Yellow Rocket) · B. vulgaris arcuata · B. vulgaris 'Flore Pleno' · B. vulgaris rivularis · B. vulgaris stricta · B. vulgaris var. hirsuta (Herb-Barbaras) · B. vulgaris var. stricta · B. vulgaris 'Variegata' (St. Barbaras Herb) · B. vulgaris 'Variegated Winter' (Upland Cress) · B. vulgaris 'Variegated Winter Cream' · B. × abortiva

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Further Reading

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  • Cheo Tai-yien, Guo Rong-lin, Lan Young-zhen, Lou Lian-li, Kuan Ke-chien & An Zheng-xi. 1987. Cruciferae. In: Cheo Tai-yien, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 33: 1-483.
  • Notes

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    Data Sources

    Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:

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    Footnotes

    1. Tai-yien Cheo, Lianli Lu, Guang Yang, Ihsan Al-Shehbaz & Vladimir Dorofeev "Brassicaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
    2. "Barbarea vulgaris". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 111. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
    3. 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: 7/1/2009