Common name:
Medium-flowered wintercress
Family:
Scientific name:
Barbarea intermedia
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the country; an introduced species, gradually spreading
Height:
Up to 80 cm
Habitat:
Disturbed and waste ground
Flowers:
In terminal clusters; four narrowly lanceolate, greenish sepals and four yellow petals of about twice the length
Fruit:
Green cylindrical pods, weakly four-sided, up to 4 cm long, topped by s short style remnant
Leaves:
Dark green, hairless, somewhat shiny, lobed (both stem leaves and basal leaves)
Season:
March to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
