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Winter Cress or Yellow Rocket
Barbarea vulgaris		  
Family Mustard  (Brassicaceae)
Bloom Spring, Fall
Habitat Meadows, fields, roadsides
Status Non-Native
Cycle Biennial
Height 1-2 feet
Flower Several spike clusters of 4-petaled elongated clusters of yellow flowers.  Petals form a cross. about 1/4" across.
Leaf Leaves are deeply cleft into one large, rounded terminal lobe and several small rounded lobes.  Upper leaves are coarsely toothed.
Notes Fruit are thin, erect, pod-like containers.  Winter Cress is one of the first wild flowers to bloom in the spring.  The seeds are black and taste hot or peppery. 

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