Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Barbarea vulgaris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Yellow Rocket-cress from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Barbarea vulgaris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Barbarea vulgaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Barbarea vulgaris
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-22-002:
Barbarea vulgaris var. arcuata FAMILY Brassicaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Barbarea vulgaris var. vulgaris
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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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_191
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Barbarea vulgaris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Barbarea vulgaris
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Barbarea vulgaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Barbarea vulgaris
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-22-002:
Barbarea vulgaris var. arcuata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Barbarea vulgaris var. vulgaris
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
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Common in Mountains, common in NC (uncommon in SC Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens tetradynamous (2 short, 4 long)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p527
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p144
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p240
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p019
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p085
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p110
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p056
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