Small-flowered winter-cress

Barbarea stricta, the small-flowered winter-cress,  is a plant species first described in 1822 from Podolia, what is now the western part ofUkraine. It is native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in parts ofNorth America. It has been reported from all 6 New England states plusQuébec, Ontario, New York State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado, Ukraine,Moldova, Romania, China, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia,Turkey, France, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Denmark, Norway,Sweden, Finland, Poland, Italy, CzechRepublic, Austria, Slovakia, Estonia,Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina. It grows on disturbed sites such as roadsides, ditches, cultivated fields, etc.

Barbarea stricta is a biennial or perennial herb up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are up to 7 cm long, pinnately lobed with 1-3 pairs of lobes. Flowers are yellow, up to 10 mm across. Fruits are cylindrical or sometimes square in cross section