Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb.

Family: Brassicaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Barbarea americana Rydb., Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb. var. dolichocarpa Fern.

Common names:

American yellow-rocket [American yellowrocket] (Present) (50)

Erect-pod wintercress [Erectpod wintercress] (1942) (155)

Northern rockcress [Northern rock cress] (1986) (4)

Tongue-grass [Tongue grass] (1806) (35)

Wild cress (1806) (35)

Winter sallad (1821) (12)

Wintercress [Winter cress, Winter-cress] (1977) (3)

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