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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