Bittercress
Barbarea vulgaris W.T.Aiton
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 79 cm
- wide
- 25 cm
Brassicaceae
Also called Garden yellowrocket, Herb Barbara, Herb Barbaras, Rocket Cress, Rocketcress
Formerly Arabis barbarea, Barbarea altaica, Barbarea augustana, Barbarea ceretana, and 21 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Biennial or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe, Medit. to JapanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 79 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 25 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Arabic
- كثء شائع
- Bashkir
- Тиле шалҡан
- Czech
- barborka obecná
- Welsh
- berwr y gaeaf
- Danish
- Almindelig Vinterkarse
- German
- Barbarakraut, Echte Winterkresse, Echtes Barbarakraut
- Esperanto
- Barbara-herbo
- Spanish
- hierba de los carpinteros, hierba de Santa Bárbara, Hierba de Santa Bárbara
- Finnish
- Kanankaali, peltokanankaali
- French
- barbarée commune, Barbarée Commune, Herbe aux Charpentiers
- Scottish Gaelic
- Treabhach
- Croatian
- Barica
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Barbarea vulgaris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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