Barbarea vulgaris, R. Br.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 281-282

1. B. vulgaris R.Br. in Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 4: 109 (1812)

(incl. B. arcuata (Opiz ex J. & C. Presi) Reichenb. ).

Glabrous biennial or perennial up to 100 cm. Basal leaves with 2-5 pairs of lateral lobes; uppermost leaves simple, dentate. Pedicels 4-6 mm in fruit, thin. Buds glabrous; petals 5-7 mm. Siliqua 15-30x 1-2 mm; valves with distinct median vein; style 2-3 mm. 2/7=16. Throughout Europe except for some islands. All except Az BI Cr Fa Sa Sb; introduced in Is.

B. macrophylla Halâcsy , Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 49: 130 (1899), from E. Greece (Pilion), with very large basal leaves with the terminal lobe up to 10 cm wide and pedicels almost as thick as the siliqua, which is 25-40 x 1-5-2 mm, is probably only a variant of 1.