Plants Profile for Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket)

General Information
Symbol:	BAVU
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Brassicaceae
Duration:	Biennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN I GL I L48 I SPM I
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Provided by St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements.

©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Royal Botanic Gardens. March 13, 2002. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. China, Muli. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 177. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
BAAR3	Barbarea arcuata (Opiz ex J. Presl & C. Presl) Rchb.
BAST	Barbarea stricta auct. non Andrz.
BAVUA	Barbarea vulgaris W.T. Aiton var. arcuata (Opiz ex J. Presl & C. Presl) Fr.
BAVUB	Barbarea vulgaris W.T. Aiton var. brachycarpa Rouy & Foucaud
BAVUL	Barbarea vulgaris W.T. Aiton var. longisiliquosa Carion
BAVUS	Barbarea vulgaris W.T. Aiton var. sylvestris Fr.
CABA17	Campe barbarea (L.) W. Wight ex Piper
CAST13	Campe stricta auct. non (Andrz.) W. Wight ex Piper

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae ⁄ Cruciferae – Mustard family
Genus	Barbarea W.T. Aiton – yellowrocket
Species	Barbarea vulgaris W.T. Aiton – garden yellowrocket

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Barbarea vulgaris garden yellow rocket winter cress yellow rocket This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
KY	Haragan, P.D.. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
N'EAST	Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
NE&GP	Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Alaska	FACU
Arid West	FAC
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FAC
Northcentral & Northeast	FAC
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC