Barbarea stricta explained

Barbarea stricta, the small-flowered winter-cress, is a species of plant in the family Brassicaceae.

Description

Barbarea stricta is a biennial or perennial herb up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are up to 7 cm long, pinnately lobed with 1–3 pairs of lobes. Flowers are yellow, up to 10 mm across. Fruits are cylindrical or sometimes square in cross section.^[1]

Distribution

first described in 1822 from Podolia, what is now the western part of Ukraine.^[2] It is native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in parts of North America. It has been reported from all 6 New England states plus Québec, Ontario, New York State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, China, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, France, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina. It grows on disturbed sites such as roadsides, ditches, cultivated fields, etc.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Fernald, M. L. 1909. The North American species of Barbarea. Rhodora. 11: 134-141.
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6089405#page/84/mode/1up Antoni Lukianowicz Andrzejowski in Besser, Wilibert Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von. 1822. Enumeratio plantarum hucusque in Volhynia, Podolia, Gub. Kiioviensi, Bessarbia Cis-Tyraica et circa Odessam collectarum, simul cum observationibus in primitias florae Galiciae Austriacae 72.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250094655 Flora of North America v 7 p 462
4. Böcher, T. W., K. Holmen & K. Jacobsen. 1968. Flora of Greenland (ed. 2) 312 pp.
5. Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1988-2013. Flora of China (Checklist & Addendum). In C. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds.) Flora of China. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
6. Tolmatchev, A. I. 1975. Arkticheskaia Flora SSSR 7: 1–180.
7. http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/small-flowered-wintercress Nature Gate, Luontto Porti, Helsinki
8. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-9171&prev=/search?q%3DBarbarea%2Bstricta,%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dm3j%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Dsb Tela Botanica, Le Réseau de la botanique francophone, Barbarea stricta
9. http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/Wats16p389.pdf Rich, TCG. 1987. The genus Barbarea R. Br. (Cruciferae) in Britain and Ireland. Watsonia 16:389-396.