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Winter Cress (Barbarea vulgaris)
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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:
- Early Winter Cress
Early winter cress has a longer leaf with more of the deeply notched lobes.
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.
