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Barbarea orthoceras
Also called American Yellow Rocket, American Wintercress, Erect Fruit Wintercress, Northern Wintercress, Straight Horned Wintercress, Northern Winter Cress
American yellowrocket is a perennial wildflower in the cabbage family, native to moist meadows and riverbanks across northern North America and parts of Asia. It grows best in cool, damp soil with plenty of sun or light shade.
Barbarea orthoceras is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae known by the common name American yellowrocket. It is native to North America, including much of Canada and the western United States, as well as parts of Asia. It grows in moist areas such as meadows and riverbanks. This is a perennial herb producing a stiff, branching stem to heights between 10 and 60 centimeters. The leaves are a few centimeters long and generally oval in shape with several rounded lobes toward the end. The inflorescence is a spike or cluster of bright yellow flowers at the tip of each stem branch. The fruit is a straight, narrow silique up to 5 centimeters long.
The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked, and the roots can have a horseradish-like flavor.
Barbarea australis · Early yellowrocket · Garden yellowrocket · Yellowrocket
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Barbarea orthoceras by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
