Wintercress
Scientific Name: Barbarea vulgaris
Mustard family (four-petaled flowers, alternate leaves, and two-parted seed capsules). Native to Eurasia and north Africa.
Wintercress
Scientific Name: Barbarea vulgaris
Wintercress
| Genus species: | Barbarea vulgaris | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Wintercress | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Brassicaceae 
Annual, biennial, and perennial herbs; leaves usually alternate; flowers bisexual, regular (4-petaled, with 6 stamens--- 4 long and 2 short), in racemes; seed capsules two-parted. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Nonnative | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Yellow | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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