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Barbarea vulgaris

yellow rocket

Other common names
bittercress
herb Barbara
see moreJack-by-the-hedge
poor man's cabbage
rock cress
rocket cress
singer's herb
St Barbara's herb
winter cress
winter rocket
wound cress
wound rocket
berwr y gaeaf
Botanical details
Family
Brassicaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
Yes
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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