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Barbarea

winter cress

Other common names
upland cress
St Barbara's herb
see moreyellow cress
Botanical details
Family
Brassicaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Barbarea

Genus description

Barbarea can be biennials or perennials, with simple or pinnately divided leaves and small, 4-petalled yellow or white flowers, followed by slender seed-pods

Name status

Correct

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