Barbarea arabica
American Wintercress
Barbarea orthoceras
Ledeb. Species
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- Botanical name
- Barbarea orthoceras
- Also known as
- American Wintercress, American Yellow Rocket, American Yellowrocket, Erect-Fruit Wintercress, Northern Wintercress, Straight-Horned Wintercress
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Barbarea
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow American Wintercress
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Barbarea orthoceras but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Barbarea americana
Barbarea apoiensis
Barbarea cochlearifolia
Barbarea hondoensis
Barbarea orthoceras subsp. dolichocarpa
Barbarea orthoceras var. dolichocarpa
Barbarea orthoceras var. formosana
Barbarea orthoceras var. orthoceras
Barbarea patens
Barbarea pinnatifida
Barbarea sibirica
Barbarea stricta
Barbarea vulgaris var. orthoceras
Barbarea vulgaris var. pinnatifida
Barbarea vulgaris var. sibirica
Barbarea vulgaris var. tenella
Campe americana
Campe orthoceras
Campe orthoceras var. dolichocarpa
Sisymbrium japonicum
Others in Barbarea
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