Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Argentina South, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Chile South, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North European Russi, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Svalbard, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nansei-shoto, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Argentina South, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Chile South, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North European Russi, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Svalbard, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
SPECIES DESCRIPTION
BARBAREA VULGARIS subsp ARCUATA
Family and Genus:- See- CRUCIFERAE
Common Name:- Common wintercress
Accepted Infraspecifics:- Barbarea vulgaris subsp. arcuata, Barbarea vulgaris
subsp. vulgaris.
Meaning:- Barbarea (L) Lyte's translation of Dodoen's Herbae Sanctae Barbarae,
for St. Barbara.
Vulgaris (L) Usual, of the crowd, common, vulgar.
Arcuata (L) Curved, arched, bowed.
General description:- Usually glabrous biennial or perennial
Stems:-
1) Up to 100 cm.
Leaves:-
1) Basal, with 1-5(6) pairs of lateral lobes, rarely simple.
2) Uppermost, simple, dentate, rarely pinnatifid.
Flowers:-
1) Pedicels, 3-6 mm in fruit, slender.
2) Buds, glabrous.
3) Petals, 5-8 mm.
4) Style 2-3·5(-4) mm.
Fruit:-
1) Siliqua, 15-30(-40) x 1-2 mm.
2) Valves with distinct median vein.
Key features:-
1) Siliqua, 15-30(-40) x 1-2 mm. glabrous.
2) Uppermost leaves simple, dentate.
3) Style 2-4 mm in fruit; buds glabrous.
4) Valves of the siliqua with a distinct median vein.
5) Pedicels in fruit not more than ¼ of the length of the siliqua.
Habitat:- Usually in wet or damp habitats.
Distribution:- Throughout Europe except for some islands. N Peloponnisos and S
Anatolia. A small population has been found by Ralf Jahn in W Crete, far from the
nearest localities. It is doubtfully native but apparently well established
.
Flowering time:- May-August.
Photos by:- Courtesy Saxifraga - Freenatureimages
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
Introduced
Native