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yellow rocket, winter cress

          (Barbarea vulgaris)

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yellow rocket, winter cress (Barbarea vulgaris; MUSTARD FAMILY [Brassicaceae]) Biennial or winter annual whose size and appearance varies with growing conditions, but up to 3' tall.  Profuse small flowers (½" diameter) cover pastures and forage crop fields in brilliant yellow in mid-May before the primary crop matures.  Leaves alternate, basal ones lobed, with terminal lobe large, middle and upper ones entire or toothed.  Considered a noxious weed, but also a choice potherb in Italian cookery.  Native of Europe.  [069]

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