Brassicaceae
American yellowrocket
Barbarea orthoceras
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Barbarea
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 山芥, 山芥菜, 本岛山芥, 本島山芥
- English
- American yellowrocket
- Japanese
- ヤマガラシ
- pwn
- Tjamenuk
- Russian
- Сурепка пряморогая, Сурепка прямая
Synonyms
- Barbarea americana Rydb.
- Barbarea apoiensis Nakai
- Barbarea cochlearifolia H.Boissieu
- Barbarea hondoensis Nakai
- Barbarea orthoceras subsp. dolichocarpa (Fernald) Piper & Beattie
- Barbarea orthoceras var. dolichocarpa Fernald
- Barbarea orthoceras var. formosana Kitam.
- Barbarea orthoceras var. orthoceras
- Barbarea patens H.Boissieu
- Barbarea pinnatifida H.Boissieu
- Barbarea sibirica (Regel) Nakai
- Barbarea stricta Fellm.
- Barbarea vulgaris var. orthoceras (Ledeb.) Regel
- Barbarea vulgaris var. pinnatifida Regel
- Barbarea vulgaris var. sibirica (Regel) Kom.
- Barbarea vulgaris var. tenella Regel
- Campe americana Cockerell ex Daniels
- Campe orthoceras (Ledeb.) A.Heller
- Campe orthoceras var. dolichocarpa (Fernald) Gilkey
- Sisymbrium japonicum H.Boissieu
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.