Connecticut Plants
Common Winter Cress (Yellow Rocket)
Barbarea vulgaris
- Family: mustard (Brassicaceae)
- Habitat: moist fields, stream banks
- Height: 1-2 feet
- Flower size: 1/4 to 3/8 inch across
- Flower color: yellow
- Flowering time: April to August
- Origin: Eurasia
Leaves of common wintercress. Stem leaves are on the left, and a basal leaf on the right.