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wintercresses
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wintercresses

Barbarea

Barbarea (winter cress or yellow rocket) is a genus of about 29 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Most are 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.

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24 branches of this genus, most-observed first

bitter wintercress

speciesBarbarea vulgaris

American yellowrocket

speciesBarbarea orthoceras

land cress

speciesBarbarea verna

Small-flowered Winter-cress

speciesBarbarea stricta

Medium-flowered Winter-cress

speciesBarbarea intermedia

Barbarea bracteosa

speciesBarbarea bracteosa

Barbarea rupicola

speciesBarbarea rupicola

Barbarea taiwaniana

speciesBarbarea taiwaniana

native wintercress

speciesBarbarea australis

small yellowrocket

speciesBarbarea brachycarpa

Barbarea grayi

speciesBarbarea grayi

Barbarea sicula

speciesBarbarea sicula

Barbarea plantaginea

speciesBarbarea plantaginea

Barbarea trichopoda

speciesBarbarea trichopoda

Barbarea macrocarpa

speciesBarbarea macrocarpa

Barbarea platycarpa

speciesBarbarea platycarpa

Barbarea longirostris

speciesBarbarea longirostris

small-seeded wintercress

speciesBarbarea oligosperma

Bosnian wintercress

speciesBarbarea bosniaca

Barbarea lepuznica

speciesBarbarea lepuznica

Barbarea grandiflora

speciesBarbarea grandiflora

Barbarea lutea

speciesBarbarea lutea

Barbarea integrifolia

speciesBarbarea integrifolia

Barbarea auriculata

speciesBarbarea auriculata

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

wintercresses in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.780

wintercresses in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.778

wintercresses in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.721

wintercresses in Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.187

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52977.