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Barbarea stricta

Barbarea stricta

Barbarea stricta

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How common: Common

Barbarea stricta is a medium-tall, yellow-flowered plant in the mustard group that often grows near water. It is most often seen along stony or gravelly shores, but also appears in ditches, damp paths, roadsides and other open, moist places.

Did you know?

  • Its flower buds are hairy, a handy clue to tell it from the similar common wintercress.
  • The long, narrow seed pods stand close against the stem.

About the species

Identification

Usually a two-year plant, 40–80 cm tall. Stem upright, smooth and sharply edged, often reddish. Lower leaves have one or two small side parts and a big end lobe; higher leaves are single with coarse teeth. Small pale yellow, four-petaled flowers form a leafless cluster at the top; the buds are hairy. After flowering it makes many slender pods 2–3 cm long on short upright stalks, held close along the main stem and ending in a tiny tip. Common wintercress has larger, brighter flowers, smooth buds and pods that stick out more. Flowers in mid-summer, June–July.

Plant group

Herbaceous plants

Habitat

shore

Flowering

Jun–Jul

About the habitat

Grows along river and lake shores, especially on stones and gravel; also in ditches, damp paths, roadsides and waste ground. Occurs throughout the country; rare in Eastern and Northern Lapland, otherwise common.

Sources

Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barbarea stricta kz18.jpg

Text: Pinkka: A Pohjolan kasveja - Carex, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.38389

Text: Pinkka (Luomus), CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.38389

Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rantakanankaali

See also