Missouri Plants
Yellow rocket   (Barbarea vulgaris)
Tracheophyta: Angiosperm: Dicot: Mustard (Brassicaceae)
Non-native from Europe


Habitat: any full sun area.
ID Features: yellow flowers, lobed leaves.
Natural History: Yellow rocket is a small plant with irregularly shaped leaves and yellow flowers held atop short stems. It is a native of Europe and is found throughout the state of Missouri in almost any untended area.
Yellow rocket
The information is from:
Missouri Wildflowers by Edgar Denison, 5th Edition, Missouri Department of Conservation, ©1998.