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Barbarea bosniaca

(Bosnian Yellow Rocket)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Bosnian Yellow Rocket

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: This species grows in wet meadows, on the edges of alluvial forests , along streams and rivers , in sunny or slightly shady sites between 650 and 1,300 m ; it grows in wet and nutrient rich clay or sandy soils and flowers (April-) May–July (Šili?1984). [1].

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Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Barbarea siculaBarbarea vulgaris

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 2009

Barbarea bosniaca Murb. is a wild relative of the cultivated Barbarea species, B . verna (Mill .) Asch. (land cress), and B. vulgaris R. Br . (winter cress). It is closely related to Barbarea sicula C. Presl. and B. intermedia Boreau.[1].

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

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Footnotes

  1. Kell, S.P. & Stevanovi?, V. 2011. Barbarea bosniaca. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-07-20