Leaf type: Lobed, pinnate
Phyllotaxis: Alternate (stem leaves), rosette-shaped (basal leaves)
Colour: Green
Life form: Biennial
Leaf (upper side)
Habitus & biology
Barbarea vulgaris is a biennial plant and can grow up to one metre tall. After the seeds germinate, only a rosette of leaves grows and overwinters to flower the following spring.
Distribution & habitates
Eurasia, North Africa and as an introduced species also on the American continents (source).
Barbarea vulgaris grows in meadows, ditches, gravel banks, along riverbanks, roadsides and on embankments. It does best in evenly moist soil.
Botany
Barbarea vulgaris is a member of the cruciferous family (Brassicaceae) and has several common names, such as yellow rocket, wintercress, winter rocket, rocketcress, yellow rocketcress and others.
