Yellow Rocket -- Barbarea vulgaris
Family Cruciferae (Mustard family)
This brightly colored plant is very common in our region, especially along roadsides and in old
fields and waste places. In river bottoms, this plant can turn entire fields bright yellow
when in full bloom. This species blooms in April and May.
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