Plants : BrassicaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Barbarea verna (Miller) Asch.

American Winter-cress

Description: Three species of Barbarea occur in Northern Ireland, all are similar-looking species of roadsides and waste ground. B. verna is the rarest of the three and appears to finish flowering earlier than the others. Sometimes grown as a crop for salad.

All names: Barbarea verna (Miller) Asch.; Barbarea praecox (Sm.) R.Br.

Distribution Map from NBN: Barbarea verna at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Barbarea verna at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Barbarea verna. (Miller) Asch.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2884. Accessed on 2026-11-02.