Small-flowered Winter-cress - Barbarea stricta
Very similar to other Barbarea species. B. stricta has quite pale yellow flowers and hairy buds. Grows upright and little-branched to 90cm high.
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Moist places by rivers, ditches, canals and marshes.
Flowering May to July or later.
A biennial or perennial herb.
Occasional scattered records from across England.
Infrequent and local in Leicestershire and Rutland. Mainly confined to the lower Soar Valley where it can be locally frequent.
Peter Smith
Mountsorrel Marshes (west)
04 May 2022
Flower buds with hairs at ends of sepals.
Peter Smith
Mountsorrel Marshes (west)
04 May 2022
Stem erect.
Peter Smith
Mountsorrel Marshes (west)
04 May 2022
Upper stem leaf simple, toothed.
Peter Smith
Mountsorrel Marshes (west)
04 May 2022
Basal leaves widest at end lobe.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Small-Flowered Land-Cress, Small-flowered Winter-cress, Lesser Yellow Rocket
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Brassicales
- Family:
- Brassicaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 04/05/2022 (Smith, Peter)
- Last record:
- 04/05/2022 (Smith, Peter)
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