Barbarea plantaginea
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Description
A temperate herb in the Brassicaceae family.
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Edible Uses
They grow into rosettes of edible cress foliage that resemble dandelion leaves. Barbarea verna, known as upland cress, early winter cress, American cress, Belle Isle cress and scurvy grass, is used to add a spicy taste to salads and mixed leaf greens for cooking.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
Afghanistan, Asia, Central Asia, Europe, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Türkiye,
Synonyms
Sisymbrium barbaraea Linn.
References (3)
- Ertug, F., 2000, An Ethnobotanical Study in Central Anatolia (Turkey). Economic Botany Vol. 54. No. 2. pp. 155-182
- Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement
- Flora of Pakistan.
