Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : barve

Scientific name: Barbarea verna (Miller) Ascherson

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Barbarea praecox (Sm.)R.Br., Erysimum praecox Smith Barbarea patula Fries

Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: american winter-cress

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Frühlings-Barbarakraut ; ES : berillo ; FR : barbarée printanière ; IT : erba di Santa Barbara vernale ; PT : agriao-rinchao ; EN : american winter-cress ;

Biological type: Biennial

Seed:

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Seedling:

- Cotyledons elongate spoonlike.

- Leaves entire, rounded with spaced teeth.

Adult plant:

- Height: 30-60 cm.

- Stem erect, angular.

- Lower leaves spread with an ovate terminal lobe. Upper leaves generally indented in separate lobes.

- Flowers yellow, large, sepals slightly larger than the pedicel.

- Fruits : siliqua 4-6 cm long, spread erect in diffuse raceme.

- Plant pungent, pleasant flavour of watercress.

- Plant rare in crops.

- Biological type: biennial.

Ecological profile (click on flags):   Rare       Rare    

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