North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Brassicaceae > Barbarea (wintercress, yellowrocket)
	Early Wintercress, Early Yellowrocket (Barbarea verna) Durham Co., NC 4 Apr 2010 Native to Eurasia, Early Wintercress is common statewide along roadsides, in fields, and in other disturbed habitats.
	Early Wintercress, Early Yellowrocket (Barbarea verna) Durham Co., NC 4 Apr 2010
	Early Wintercress, Early Yellowrocket (Barbarea verna) Durham Co., NC 4 Apr 2010 Young leaves are frequently used in salads and can be cooked like spinach.
	Early Wintercress, Early Yellowrocket (Barbarea verna) Durham Co., NC 4 Apr 2010

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.