Seasonal Wild Flowers

Medium-flowered Winter-cress

Barbarea intermedia

Brassicaceae

Intermediate Winter-cress, Early Winter-cress

Late March to June

It is scattered throughout the country, but is more common

in the South and least common in the East.

See the BSBI distribution map for Medium-flowered

It is a neophyte which was first seen in the wild in the mid

1800s.

It is found in waste ground, on hedge-banks, beside roads

and as an arable weed.

Medium-flowered Winter-cress is a biennial herb growing

up to 60cm.

Flowers are bright yellow and small (6mm).

Leaves are green with a large terminal lobe.

Pods have short styles and are adpressed to the stems.

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Medium-flowered Winter-cress on a hedge bank

Flowerhead and young pods

Flowerhead and aligned pods

Leaf with terminal lobe