Yellow Rocket Barberea vulgarisMustard Family
Also know as Common Winter Cress A winter annual, biennial, or occasional a perennial (winter annual - a plant that germinates in late summer, overwinters and then flowers in the spring, produces seeds, & then dies) Flower: 4 regular parts, yellow Leaves: Alternate Basal leaves (lower) with 2 to 8 smaller lobes Upper leaves coarsely toothed, somewhat clasping Found in meadows and along roads Flowers in spring and summer |
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Notice the 4 parts of the yellow flower
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Basal leaf with lobes (sorry it is a bit blurry)
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Upper leaves - Alternate, coarsely toothed, clasping the stem
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