About Barbarea stricta Andrz. ex Besser
Barbarea stricta Andrz. ex Besser is a biennial or perennial herb that reaches up to 100 cm in height. Its leaves grow up to 7 cm long, are pinnately lobed, and bear 1 to 3 pairs of lobes. The species produces yellow flowers that can be up to 10 mm across. Its fruits are cylindrical, and sometimes square in cross-section. The species was first formally described in 1822 from material collected in Podolia, an area that is now the western part of Ukraine. It is native to Europe and Asia, but is now widely naturalized in parts of North America. It has been recorded from all 6 New England states, as well as Québec, Ontario, New York State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, China, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, France, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Hungary, Croatia, and Bosnia-Hercegovina. Barbarea stricta grows in disturbed sites, such as roadsides, ditches, and cultivated fields.
