Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Genus: Barbarea (Wintercress)
Barbarea stricta Andrz. - Small-Flowered Winter-Cress
Barbarea vulgaris W. T. Aiton - Winter-Cress
Barbarea intermedia Boreau - Medium-Flowered Winter-Cress
Barbarea verna (Mill.) Asch. - American Winter-Cress
20–60 cm tall. flowers: yellowish. styli: at the mature fruit 0.5–1.5 mm long. fruits: siliques, erect or protruding, 15–35 mm long, with a keel-like midvein, seeds in each fruit-locule 1‑rowed; valves: 1‑nerved. seeds: ovoid to elongate. basal leaves:
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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Natural, established occurences | ![]() |
Artificial occurences |
The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, perennial herbaceous vegetation, ruderal vegetation, fields, vineyards, parks, gardens