Yellow Rocket

Yellow Rocket, Wintercress

Barbarea vulgaris Ait. f.

Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

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Yellow Rocket/Wintercress

cool season annual or biennial weed, (sometimes a short-lived perennial) grows 8-24 inches tall
long leaves, with rounded tips and indented or lobed lower sections
inflorescence a spike of bright yellow flowers in spring--very noticeable, showy
found in fields, roadsides, pastures, timothy, alfalfa (matures before forages are cut, so seeds travel with hay)