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Barbarea verna

Barbarea verna

About

Barbarea verna is a biennial herb in the family Brassicaceae. Common names include land cress, American cress, bank cress, black wood cress, Belle Isle cress, Bermuda cress, poor man's cabbage, early yellowrocket, early wintercress, scurvy cress, creasy greens, and upland cress. It is native to southern Europe and western Asia, and naturalized elsewhere It has been cultivated as a leaf vegetable in England since the 17th century. As it requires less water than watercress, it is easier to cultivate.

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Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Barbarea verna
Slug
barbarea-verna
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Barbarea
Species
verna
Wikidata QID
Q164056
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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