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|genus=Barbarea
|familia=Brassicaceae
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|species=vulgaris
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'''''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.
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Barbarea vulgaris, R. Br. Common Winter Cress. Upland Cress. Yellow Rocket. Fig. 471. 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.
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==
==Gallery==
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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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