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*Barbarea verna (P. Miller) Ascherson. Common name: Early Winter-cress. Phenology: Mar-Jun. Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Eurasia. Formerly a commonly used winter and spring green in rural parts of our area, still available canned as "Dry Land Cress".

Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia

Synonymy : = Ar, C, F, FNA7, G, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, Al-Shehbaz (1988a), Rollins (1993); = Barbarea praecox (Sm.) R.Br. — S13; = Campe verna (Mill.) A.Heller — S

Links to other floras: = Barbarea verna - FNA7

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Biennial/perennial of fields and disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia.

Stems: Stems branching from the base, mostly smooth.

Leaves: Basal leaves form a winter rosette and are up to 2½ in. long and deeply pinnately divided into 8-20 lobes; stem leaves alternate, also divided but smaller.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in terminal and upper axillary racemes, yellow to pale yellow, composed of 4 tiny oblong-lance- to spoon-shaped petals forming a tube and spreading at their tips.

Fruits: Fruit a stalked, green, linear pod.

Comments:

Height: 8-32 in.

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description: Biennial/perennial of fields and disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia.

stems: Stems branching from the base, mostly smooth.

leaves: Basal leaves form a winter rosette and are up to 2½ in. long and deeply pinnately divided into 8-20 lobes; stem leaves alternate, also divided but smaller.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in terminal and upper axillary racemes, yellow to pale yellow, composed of 4 tiny oblong-lance- to spoon-shaped petals forming a tube and spreading at their tips.

fruits: Fruit a stalked, green, linear pod.

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