Brassicaceae
American cress
Barbarea verna
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Barbarea
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- جرجير أرضي
- arz
- بارباريا فيرنا
- Catalan
- Herba de Santa Bàrbara, Cresson de Jardin
- Dutch
- Vroeg barbarakruid
- English
- American cress, Early yellowrocket, Land cress, Upland cress, American winter cress, Early winter cress, Normandy cress, Bank cress
- Finnish
- Krassikanankaali
- French
- Cresson de Jardin, Cresson de jardins, Cresson de terre
- German
- Frühe Winterkresse, Cresson de Jardin
- gv
- Burley traie
- hsb
- Zažna barmowka
- Indonesian
- Selada kering
- Korean
- 봄나도냉이
- Lithuanian
- Cresson de Jardin
- Polish
- Gorczycznik wiosenny, Barbaraea verna, Gorycznik wiosenny
- Spanish
- Berrillo, Berro Mastuerzo, Hierba de Santa Bárbara, American cress, Bank Cress, Bermuda Cress, Early Wintercress, Scurvy Cress
- Swedish
- Vårgyllen, Cresson de Jardin
- Tamil
- பார்பாரியா வெர்னா
- Welsh
- Berwr-y-gaeaf cynnar
Synonyms
- Barbarea australis Jord.
- Barbarea brevistyla Jord.
- Barbarea erysimoides Schur
- Barbarea longisiliqua Jord.
- Barbarea patula Fr.
- Barbarea praecox (Sm.) W.T.Aiton
- Campe praecox (Sm.) Dulac
- Campe verna (Mill.) A.Heller
- Crucifera praecox E.H.L.Krause
- Erysimum praecox Sm.
- Erysimum tenuifolium Stokes
- Erysimum vernum Mill.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ennio pal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Marc Fily, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cnnpenteles, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: araucarionaute, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: H Brisse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: kilian pelon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: franck.lux, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Barbarea
- Garden yellowrocketBarbarea vulgarisBrassicaceae
- Small flowered winter-cressBarbarea strictaBrassicaceae
- Medium flowered winter-cressBarbarea intermediaBrassicaceae
- American yellowrocketBarbarea orthocerasBrassicaceae
- Barbarea siculaBrassicaceae
- Bosnian yellow rocketBarbarea bosniacaBrassicaceae
- Barbarea australisBrassicaceae
- Barbarea bracteosaBrassicaceae
- Barbarea rupicolaBrassicaceae
- Balkan yellow rocketBarbarea balcanaBrassicaceae
- Barbarea brachycarpaBrassicaceae
- Barbarea macrocarpaBrassicaceae
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.