Barbarea verna

(Miller) Ascherson

Fl. Brandenb. 1: 36. 1860.

Common names: Early winter or Belle Isle or American or land cress scurvygrass
Introduced
Basionym: Erysimum vernum Miller Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Erysimum no. 3. 1768
Synonyms: Barbarea praecox (Smith) R. Brown Campe verna (Miller) A. Heller Erysimum praecox Smith
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 463. Mentioned on page 460, 461.

Biennials or, rarely, perennials; mostly glabrous, except blade auricles ciliate. Stems (1–)2.5–8 dm. Basal leaves: petiole (0.5–)1–6(–8) cm; blade pinnatifid to pinnatisect, 1.5–11 cm, lobes (3–)6–10 on each side, lateral lobes oblong or ovate, 0.4–3 cm × 1–10 mm, not fleshy, margins entire, terminal lobe considerably larger than lateral ones, 1–5 cm × 10–350 mm. Cauline leaves: blade pinnatisect, lateral lobes 1–4, (oblong to lanceolate), margins often entire, rarely coarsely toothed; conspicuously auriculate, auricles ovate or narrowly oblong, (to 10 × 4 mm, margins entire). Fruiting pedicels divaricate to ascending, (2–)3–6(–7) mm, terete, stout (almost as broad as fruit). Flowers: sepals 3–5 × 0.7–1.5 mm, lateral pair slightly saccate basally, margins scarious; petals yellow or pale yellow, oblanceolate to spatulate, (5–)6–7(–8.5) × 1.5–3 mm, base cuneate, apex truncate or emarginate; filaments 3–5 mm; anthers 0.8–1.2 mm; ovules (34–)38–48(–52) per ovary; gynophore to 0.3 mm. Fruits erect to ascending, not appressed to rachis, torulose, subterete to slightly latiseptate, (4.5–)5.3–7(–8) cm × 1.5–2 mm; style stout, 0.2–1(–2) mm. Seeds dark brown, somewhat plump, oblong or quadrate, 1.8–2.5 × 1.4–1.6 mm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat: Waste grounds, fields, limestone glades, rocky outcrops, fields, railroad embankments, disturbed sites, roadsides
Elevation: 0-1600 m

Distribution

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Introduced; B.C., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), Ala., Alaska, Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Va., Wash., W.Va., Europe, Asia, n, s Africa, introduced also in Mexico, South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile), Australia.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Barbarea verna"
Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz +
(Miller) Ascherson +
Erysimum vernum +
Early winter or Belle Isle or American or land cress +  and scurvygrass +
B.C. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, Ala. +, Alaska +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Europe +, Asia +, n +, s Africa +, introduced also in Mexico +, South America (Argentina +, Brazil +, Chile) +  and Australia. +
0-1600 m +
Waste grounds, fields, limestone glades, rocky outcrops, fields, railroad embankments, disturbed sites, roadsides +
Flowering Mar–Jul. +
Fl. Brandenb. +
Introduced +
Barbarea praecox +, Campe verna +  and Erysimum praecox +
Barbarea verna +
Barbarea +
species +