Winter Cress

Barbarea vulgaris

This plant bolts early in spring with heavy heads of four-petaled, bright yellow flowers typical of the mustard family. Stems and leaves are smooth. Distinctive are the  leaves: lower leaves are compound, with a large rounded central/end lobe and smaller rounded lobes pinnately arranged farther down the stem (up to 3 or 4 pairs).  HIgh on the stem are broad, shallowly toothed leaves that are clasping the stem (photo at left).

1-2 feet; sun.

Spring-Summer (April-August_

Lower leaves.

15 April 2021.

Winter Cress, 15 April 2021.

The four-petaled small blossoms.

19 April 2021.