Bitter Wintercress (Barbara vulgaris)
A tall growing plant with many, tiny yellow flowers with 4 bright yellow petals.
Common Names
| 🇨🇦 | Bitter Wintercress, Yellow Rocketcress |
| 🇫🇷 | Barbarée Commune |
| 🇩🇪 | Winterkresse |
| 🇲🇽 | Barbarea vulgaris |
Taxonomy
| Order | Brassicales |
| Family | Brassicaceae |
Flowers
| Color | yellow |
| Shape | stellate |
| Inflorescence | raceme |
Leaves
| Arrangement | alternate |
| Petiole | sessile |
| Shape | lobed |
| Margin | serrate |
| Venation | pinnate |
How to Identify
The arrangement of many tiny flowers with 4 petals. Leaves are arranged along the main and branching stems as well as branching off from the root. Leaves are lobed.
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Where and When to Spot
In spring in forest and prairies along forests.
Flowering Records by Park and Season
| Location | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvédère Outremont | x | - | - | - |
| Parc Île-de-la-Visitation | x | - | - | - |
"x" indicates that the species was observed flowering, while "-" indicates no observation. The absence of observation doesn't necessarily imply that the species was not flowering. Data is derived from our park visit journals.