land cress

Barbarea verna

Member of wintercresses (genus Barbarea)
mustard family (family Brassicaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• petals 6–7 mm (including claw), yellow
• sepals 3–5 mm
• cauline leaves pinnately lobed, strongly at the base
• unclear how to distinguish from american yellowrocket (Barbarea orthoceras) without fruit
• rare

Toxicity of wintercress (Barbarea spp.):
0 – Non-toxic.

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora