{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Illustration Barbaraea vulgaris0.jpg | image_caption = ''Barbarea vulgaris'' | taxon = Barbarea | authority = W. T. Aiton | synonyms = *''Campe'' {{small|Dulac}} *''Ceriosperma'' {{small|(O.E.Schulz) Greuter & Burdet}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Barbarea'' W.T.Aiton |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331385-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref> }}
'''''Barbarea''''' ('''winter cress''' or '''yellow rocket''') is a genus of about 29 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Most are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in southern Europe and southwest Asia.<ref name = powo/> They are small, herbaceous, biennial or perennial plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.
==Species== 29 species and three natural interspecies hybrids are accepted.<ref name = powo/> {{Div col|colwidth=14em}} *''Barbarea × abortiva'' {{small|Hausskn.}} *''Barbarea anfractuosa'' {{small|(Hartvig & Å.Strid) Bağcı & Savran}} *''Barbarea arcuata'' {{small|(Opiz ex J.Presl & C.Presl) Rchb.}} *''Barbarea auriculata'' {{small|Hausskn. ex Bornm.}} *''Barbarea australis'' {{small|Hook.f.}} *''Barbarea balcana'' {{small|Pančić}} *''Barbarea bosniaca'' {{small|Murb.}} *''Barbarea bracteosa'' {{small|Guss.}} *''Barbarea duralii'' {{small|Bağcı & Savran}} *''Barbarea × gradlii'' {{small|Murr}} *''Barbarea grandiflora'' {{small|N.Busch}} *''Barbarea grayi'' {{small|Hewson}} *''Barbarea hongii'' {{small|Al-Shehbaz & G.Yang}} *''Barbarea integrifolia'' {{small|DC.}} *''Barbarea intermedia'' {{small|Boreau}} *''Barbarea × krausei'' {{small|P.Fourn.}} *''Barbarea lepuznica'' {{small|Nyár.}} *''Barbarea longirostris'' {{small|Velen.}} *''Barbarea lutea'' {{small|Coode & Cullen}} *''Barbarea macrocarpa'' {{small|(Boiss. & Heldr.) Al-Shehbaz & Jacquemoud}} *''Barbarea oligosperma'' {{small|K.Koch}} *''Barbarea orthoceras'' {{small|Ledeb.}} *''Barbarea plantaginea'' {{small|DC.}} *''Barbarea platycarpa'' {{small|Hausskn. ex Bornm.}} *''Barbarea rupicola'' {{small|Moris}} *''Barbarea × schulzeana'' {{small|Hausskn.}} *''Barbarea sicula'' {{small|C.Presl}} *''Barbarea stricta'' {{small|Andrz. ex Besser}} *''Barbarea taiwaniana'' {{small|Ohwi}} *''Barbarea trichopoda'' {{small|Hausskn. ex Bornm.}} *''Barbarea verna'' {{small|(Mill.) Asch.}} *''Barbarea vulgaris'' {{small|W.T.Aiton}} {{div col end}}
==Uses== They grow into rosettes of edible cress foliage that resemble dandelion leaves. ''Barbarea verna'', known as upland cress, early winter cress, American cress, Belle Isle cress and scurvy grass, is used to add a spicy taste to salads and mixed leaf greens for cooking.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Angier|first=Bradford|url=https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetoedib00angi/page/250/mode/2up|title=Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants|publisher=Stackpole Books|year=1974|isbn=0-8117-0616-8|location=Harrisburg, PA|pages=250|oclc=799792|author-link=Bradford Angier}}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=August 2021}}
==Chemical compounds== Winter cress contains different glucosinolates, flavonoids, and saponins.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Vera Kuzina |author2=Jens Kvist Nielsen |author3=Jörg Manfred Augustin |author4=Anna Maria Torp |author5=Søren Bak |author6=Sven Bode Andersen |year=2011 |title=''Barbarea vulgaris'' linkage map and quantitative trait loci for saponins, glucosinolates, hairiness and resistance to the herbivore ''Phyllotreta nemorum'' |journal=Phytochemistry |volume=72 |issue=2–3 |pages=188–198 |doi=10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.11.007 |pmid=21130479|bibcode=2011PChem..72..188K }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Lea Dalby-Brown |author2=Carl Erik Olsen |author3=Jens Kvist Nielsen |author4=Niels Agerbirk |year=2011 |title=Polymorphism for novel tetraglycosylated flavonols in an eco-model crucifer, ''Barbarea vulgaris'' |journal=Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry |volume=59 |issue=13 |pages=6947–6956 |doi=10.1021/jf200412c |pmid=21615154|bibcode=2011JAFC...59.6947D }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Niels Agerbirk |author2=Carl Erik Olsen |name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |title=Isoferuloyl derivatives of five seed glucosinolates in the crucifer genus ''Barbarea'' |journal=Phytochemistry |volume=72 |issue=7 |pages=610–623 |doi=10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.01.034 |pmid=21354584|bibcode=2011PChem..72..610A }}</ref>
==See also== * Rocket (arugula)<!--a fellow Brassica with a counterpart name-->
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Barbarea&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Barbarea''] *[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103484 Flora of China: ''Barbarea''] *{{Wikispecies-inline|Barbarea|''Barbarea''}}
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Category:Barbarea Category:Brassicaceae genera Category:Leaf vegetables Category:Taxa named by William Townsend Aiton
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