Common Name: yellow rocket, winter cressScientific Name: Barbarea vulgaris R. Br.Family Name: Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) - Mustard FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced winter annual or biennial (sometimes perennial), reproducing by seed Stemsupright, smooth, ridged, from crown, branching above Leavesalternate, margins wavy, shiny, pinnately divided, 1-5 pair(s) of lateral lobes and large terminal lobe, form dense rosette; stem leaves small, less lobed Flowers 4-petaled, bright yellow; terminal racemes Seed Pods silique, short-stalked, upright, almost square, small "beak" at tip