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PLANTS

Yellow rocket

Barbarea vulgaris

Plants
IntroducedHerbBiennialavril to août
Yellow rocket, In flower
Yellow rocket, No flowers or fruits
Yellow rocket, photo 3 of 5

Biennial herbaceous plant. Introduced to Québec. Grows near water. Flowers from April to August.

There are 642 observations of Yellow rocket in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Estrie and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in May and become rare from July to March.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie97
  2. Estrie87
  3. Capitale-Nationale86
  4. Montréal81
  5. Outaouais74
  6. Chaudière-Appalaches40
  7. Laurentides38
  8. Bas-Saint-Laurent26
  9. Lanaudière23
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue22
  11. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean21
  12. Centre-du-Québec16
  13. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine10
  14. Côte-Nord8
  15. Mauricie6
  16. Laval5
  17. Nord-du-Québec2

Habitat

Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

American yellowrocketBarbarea orthoceras
Turkish wartycabbageBunias orientalis
Small tumbleweed mustardSisymbrium loeselii
Corn mustardMutarda arvensis
Field mustardBrassica rapa
Small-flowered wintercressBarbarea stricta
Wormseed mustardErysimum cheiranthoides
Narrowleaf bittercressCardamine impatiens
Creeping yellowcressRorippa sylvestris
RapeBrassica napus
Bog yellowcressRorippa palustris
Yellow Spring bedstrawGalium verum