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
60–100 cm tall. flowers: yellowish. petals:
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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Artificial occurences |
The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
perennial herbaceous vegetation, intensively used grassland, ruderal vegetation
in nutritious, moist to wet, periodically flooded habitats