Barbarea

Barbarea (Winter cress or Yellow rocket) is a genus of about 22 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in southern Europe and southwest Asia.

They are small herbaceous biennial or perennial plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.


USES
They grow quickly into dandelion-like rosettes of edible, cress-like foliage. B. verna, also known as Upland Cress, Early Winter Cress, American Cress, Belle Isle Cress and Scurvy Grass, is used in salads or to add a nippy taste to mixed greens for cooking.


Selected species
Barbarea verna (Land cress), also known as American cress, Bank Cress, Belle Isle cress, Bermuda Cress, Early yellowrocket, Early Wintercress, Scurvy Cress, and Upland Cress, is a biennial herb in the family Brassicaceae. It is native to Southwestern Europe, but is also cultivated in Florida. As it requires less water than watercress, it is easier to cultivate. Land cress has been cultivated as a leaf vegetable in England since the 17th century.
Land cress is considered a satisfactory substitute for watercress. It can be used in sandwiches, or salads, or cooked like spinach, or used in soup.

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 rosettes of shiny, dark green leaves, and pinnately divided leaves on the stem. The yellow flowers are borne in dense terminal clusters above the 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.

Barbarea bosniaca

Barbarea stricta

Barbarea bracteosa

Barbarea conferta

Barbarea longirostris

Barbarea orthoceras

Barbarea balcana

Barbarea hongii

Barbarea rupicola

Barbarea sicula

Barbarea intermedia

Barbarea lepuznica

Barbarea taiwaniana

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