Barbarea orthoceras
American Wintercress, American Yellow Rocket
Other regional names: American Yellowrocket +3 more
- American Yellowrocket
- Erect Fruit Wintercress
- Northern Wintercress
- Straight Horned Wintercress
Also known as: Barbarea americana Rydb. +18 more
- Barbarea americana Rydb.
- Barbarea apoiensis Nakai
- Barbarea cochlearifolia H.Boissieu
- Barbarea hondoensis Nakai
- Barbarea orthoceras subsp. dolichocarpa (Fernald) Piper & Beattie
- Barbarea orthoceras subsp. dolichocarpa Fern.
- Barbarea orthoceras var. dolichocarpa Fernald
- Barbarea orthoceras var. formosana Kitam.
- Barbarea orthoceras var. orthoceras
- Barbarea patens H.Boissieu
- Barbarea pinnatifida H.Boissieu
- Barbarea stricta J.Fellm.
- Barbarea vulgaris var. orthoceras (Ledeb.) Regel
- Barbarea vulgaris var. pinnatifida Regel
- Barbarea vulgaris var. tenella Regel
- Campe americana (Rydb.) Cockerell ex Daniels
- Campe orthoceras (Ledeb.) A.Heller
- Campe orthoceras var. dolichocarpa (Fernald) Gilkey
- Sisymbrium japonicum H.Boissieu
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Brassicaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a biennial or perennial.
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Originating in Temperate Asia and North America, Barbarea orthoceras (commonly known as American wintercress or American Yellow Rocket) is a biennial or perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Brassicaceae family. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Plant Type
Biennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Mexico, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, South-Central U.S.A., Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, China North-Central, Chita, Colorado, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Oregon, Primorye, Québec, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Taiwan, Utah, Washington, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yukon