Sunday, June 05, 2011

Yellow Rocket

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Barbarea vulgaris

I'm identifying more and more wildflowers! This is yellow rocket, also called common winter cress. In the photo above, you see it on May 7 as it is forming blossoms. Below are the buds, the blooms, and what yellow rocket looks like when you walk in a field.

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Yellow rocket grows across all of North America and is considered a weed by the USDA (but not by me). It "usually occurs in non-wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found on wetlands (estimated probability 1%-33%)." (Source: http://plants.usda.gov/..... ) It is one of our earlier blossoming flowers. It attracts cabbage white butterflies, of which we have zillions. To see my photos of cabbage whites, click here.

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4 comments:

  1. You have some interesting thoughts! Perhaps we should contemplate about attempting this myself.

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  2. edible, I believe, but bitter after flowering.

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  3. @Mary: another edible? That's cool!

    @LSBF: thank you for your visit. Attempting what yourself?

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