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{{Taxobox
{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Brassicaceae
| name = ''Barbarea vulgaris''
|genus=Barbarea
| image = Barbarea vulgaris1.jpg
|species=vulgaris
| image_width = 240px
|taxo_author=R.Br.
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|Temp Metric=°F
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
|image=Barbarea vulgaris1.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Barbarea vulgaris
| species = '''''B. vulgaris
| binomial = ''Barbarea vulgaris''
}}
}}
'''''Barbarea vulgaris''''', also called as '''Bittercress''', '''Herb Barbara''', '''Rocketcress''', '''Yellow Rocketcress''', '''Winter Rocket''', and ''' Wound Rocket''', is a biennial herb native to [[Europe]].
This [[plant]] has basal [[Rosette (botany) |rosette]]s of shiny, dark green leaves, and pinnately divided leaves on the stem. The yellow flowers are borne in dense terminal clusters above the [[Leaf|foliage]] in spring.
It is [[naturalised]] in many parts of [[North America]] as a weed.The flowers appear from about May through October. It grows to about 8-32 inches. Winter Cress prefers moist, disturbed fields.
{{Inc|
Barbarea vulgaris, R. Br. Common Winter Cress. Upland Cress. Yellow Rocket. Height 10-18 in.: lower Lvs. lyrate, the terminal lobe round, the lateral usually 1-4 pairs; upper Lvs. obovate, cut-toothed at the base. Eu. Asia.—-Cult. for salad, and also a common weed, making fields sulfur-yellow in early spring. Native far N., but apparently a settler in central states. Var. variegata, Hort., Lvs. splashed and mottled with yellow, is cult. as a border plant, and grows freely in rich soil. If the as. are picked off, st. and all, before they open, the plant will be practically perennial.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
The plant is naturally resistant to some insect species, such as the diamondback moth, [[Plutella xylostella]]. Other plant chemicals in this species attract cabbage white butterflies such as [[Pieris rapae]].
==Varieties==
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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