Barbarea vulgaris (Yellow Rocket) on 4-17-21, #793-1.
Brassicaceae Burnett
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The plant family Brassicaceae was named and described by Gilbert Thomas Burnett in Outlines of Botany in 1835.
As of 12-5-23 when this page was last updated, Plants of the World Online by Kew lists 346 genera in this family. This family is commonly known as the mustard or cabbage family and includes cabbage, kale, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, mustards, turnips, and so on. It also includes the Alyssum genus and MANY wildflowers. That number could change as updates are made on POWO.
For more information about this family of plants, please click on the links below. The links take you directly to the information about the family. You can click on the plant’s name below the photos which will take you to their own pages.
PLANTS OF THE WORLD ONLINE
WIKIPEDIA
BRITANNICA
Armoracia rusticana (Horseradish) on 5-5-19, #566-6.
The Armoracia rusticana (Horseradish) doesn’t have a page yet…
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Barbarea vulgaris (Yellow Rocket) on 5-1-19, #564-10.
Barbarea vulgaris (Yellow Rocket) is quite a common sight on the farm and throughout many other countries. Their bright yellow flowers in the spring and early summer are quite a sight in large colonies. common names include Yellow Rocket, St. Barbara’s Herb, Herb Barbara, Wintercress, Bittercress, Rocketcress, Yellow Rocketcress, Wound Rocket, Creasy, Creecy, Creesy, Cressy Greens, Upland Cress
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Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shephard’s Purse) on 4-7-20, #684-9.
There are A LOT of Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shephard’s Purse) growing along the driveway (in the gravel) and an area behind the barn on my farm. I see it here and there but mainly in those two areas.
Analysis has concluded that Capsella bursa-pastoris had a hybrid origin within the past 100,000-300,000 years. It has evolved from being a diploid, self-incompatible species to being a polypoid, self-compatible species. This has allowed it to become one of the most widely distributed species on the planet.
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Hesperis matronalis (Dame’s Rocket) on 5-3-20, #695-18.
Strange but true, Hesperis matronalis (Dame’s Rocket) is in the plant family Brassicaceae. It looks like several species of Phlox which are in the plant family Polemoniaceae… There has been a HUGE colony of these down the street from the farm along the ditch. I always thought they were Phlox, but when one came up and flowered north of my chicken house in 2020 I identified it as Hesperis matronalis.
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Sisymbrium officinale (Hedge Mustard) on 5-10-23, #938-25.
Sisymbrium officinale (Hedge Mustard, ETC.) is an interesting species that has made itself home in a few locations here on the farm. Being an annual, I never know where a colony will pop up. I first noticed it in 2021 in an area north of the pond and in 2022 it came up not too far away. In 2023, a good-sized colony came up next to a Chinese Elm in the backyard. I thought that was a convenient place to take plenty of photos. There are several good-sized colonies in several other areas on the farm. I think their flowering and fruiting process is pretty interesting. They grow flowers on the tips of flowering stems and as the stems grow longer, flowers are replaced by interesting fruit called siliques.
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Thlaspi arvense (Field Penny-Cress) on 5-24-22, #883-23.
I found a couple of colonies of Thlaspi arvense (Field Penny-Cress) on May 24 in 2022. They are pretty neat plants, but I have read where they can get carried away…
That’s all I have for the plant family Brassicaceae for now…
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