Barbarea

Barbarea subsp. var.	Winter cress, Yellow rocket
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Barbarea (Bar-ba-ré-a, Winter cress or Yellow rocket) is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in southern Europe and southwest Asia.

They are small herbaceous biennial or perennial plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Barbarea (from the old name, Herb of Saint Barbara). Cruciferae. Hardy biennials, with yellow flowers, sometimes cultivated; allied to water-cress and horseradish. Branching leafy herbs: fls. small, yellow, clustered: fr. a linear cylindrical and 4-angled pod, the valves keeled. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Species

Selected species:

• Barbarea balcana
• Barbarea bosniaca
• Barbarea bracteosa
• Barbarea conferta
• Barbarea hongii
• Barbarea intermedia
• Barbarea lepuznica
• Barbarea longirostris
• Barbarea orthoceras
• Barbarea rupicola
• Barbarea sicula
• Barbarea stricta
• Barbarea taiwaniana
• Barbarea verna
• Barbarea vulgaris

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