Common name:
Wintercress
Family:
Scientific name:
Barbarea vulgaris
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the UK; least common in north Scotland
Height:
Up to 80 cm
Habitat:
Streambanks, damp grassland and fields
Flowers:
In dense, terminal clusters, which elongate as they mature. Flowers have four yellow petals, somewhat recurved, and four hairless, greenish sepals about half as long
Fruit:
Narrow, four-angled pods, up to 25 mm long
Leaves:
Shiny, hairless dark green; lower stem leaves are pinnately divided into several pairs of lateral lobes and a larger terminal lobe, while upper stem leaves are entire, though lined with a few large teeth. Stems are rigid and grooved
Season:
May to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
