Scientific name: Barbarea vulgaris W.T. Aiton
Common name: Winter-cress
Description
Habit: A hairless biennial, to 60 cm high.
Stems: Erect.
Leaves: Alternate; lower leaves pinnate, the terminal segment much longer and broader than the others; upper leaves toothed but usually not divided.
Flowers: Yellow, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, 3 mm across, in dense racemes; sepals 4, free; petals 4, free; stamens 6 and ovary superior.
Fruits: A silique, less than 3 cm long, 4-angled with a moderately long, slender style.
Habitat: Disturbed ground.
Distribution: Rare.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No