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Winter Cress (Barbarea vulgaris)

Image ID: stv13

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Other common names: Garden Yellowrocket, Yellow Rocket
Introduced
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Height: 1 to 2 ft.
Blooms: April to August
Leaf Type: divided
Bloom Size:  0.3 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Elongate clusters, Irregular blossoms
Location: Stavich Bicycle Trail
Date:  6/16/2002
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Winter Cress may be easily confused with:
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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