Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Barbarea vulgaris Aiton f.

Family: Brassicaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Barbarea arcuata (Opiz ex J.& K. Presl) Reichenb., Barbarea arcuata Reichenb, Barbarea barbarea (L.) MacM., Barbarea vulgaris R.Br., Barbarea stricta Andrz., Barbarea stricta auct. non Andrz., Barbarea vulgaris Aiton f. var. arcuata (Opiz ex J.& K. Presl) Fries, Barbarea vulgaris Aiton f. var. brachycarpa Rouy & Foucaud, Barbarea vulgaris Aiton f. var. longisiliquosa Carion, Barbarea vulgaris Aiton f. var. sylvestris Fries, Campe barbarea (L.) W. Wight ex Piper, Campe stricta auct. non (Andrz.) W. Wight ex Piper, Erysimum barbarea L.

Common names:

Bittercress [Bitter cress, Bitter-cress] (1900-1929) (5, 107, 138, 156, 157)

Cassabully (1929) (157)

Common wintercress [Common winter cress] (1895-1923) (15, 156)

Erect-fruit wintercress [Erect-fruited winter cress] (1913) (5)

French cress (1929) (157)

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

Hedge-mustard (1929) (157)

Herb Barbara [Herb-Barabra] (1876?-1913) (5, 92)

Landcress [Land-cress] (1929) (157)

Normandy cress (1929) (157)

Poor-man's-cabbage [Poor man's cabbage] (1923) (156)

Rocket (1919) (107)

Rocketcress [Rocket cress, Rocket-cress] (1913-1929) (5, 156, 157)

St. Barbara's cress (1929) (157)

St. Barbara's herb (1929) (157)

Toi (1919, New Zealand) (107)

Water rocket (1840) (19)

Water-radish [Water radish] (1840) (19)

Winter rocket (1913-1929) (5, 156, 157)

Wintercress [Winter cress, Winter-cress] (1899-1986) (3, 4, 5, 63, 80, 107, 157)

Wound rocket (1913-1929) (5, 156, 157)

Yellow cress (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Yellow rocket (1895-1929) (5, 15, 72, 85, 107, 157)

Yellow scurvy-grass (1929) (157)

Bartonia (1942) (155)

Screwstem (Present) (50)

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