Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Barbarea vulgaris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Learn more about Yellow Rocket-cress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Barbarea vulgaris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-22-002:
Barbarea vulgaris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campe barbarea
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campe stricta
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Rocket-cress, Common Winter-cress, Yellow Rocket, Creasy
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bast_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bavu_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_bavu_011_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120403_486
April Greenville County SC
Basal leaves have 1-4 pairs of small lateral lobes and a large terminal lobe, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm120403_504
April Greenville County SC
Four-petaled yellow flowers borne in a crowded terminal raceme, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm160503_122
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm160503_123
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm160503_124
May Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_b_vulgaris_5750
May Mitchell County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org bug_1459365
Month Unknown
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Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, Bugwood.org bug_5088073
Month Unknown
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Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, Bugwood.org bug_5088076
Month Unknown
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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org bug_5374643
Month Unknown
Mature fruits to 1.25" long (vs. to 2.8" long in B. verna), per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California bug_5374644
Month Unknown
Fruiting pedicels divaricate to ascending or erect, narrower than fruit, per Flora of North America.
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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_5438716
Month Unknown
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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_5438722
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Barbarea vulgaris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Barbarea vulgaris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-22-002:
Barbarea vulgaris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campe barbarea
INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campe stricta
2076
Forb
Winter annual/Biennial/Rarely perennial
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in GA Piedmont & SC Coastal Plain)
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p144
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p240
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p019
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p085
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p110
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p056