• Common name : Winter Rocket
• Scientific name : Barbarea vulgaris
• Family : Brassicaceae
• Native land : Eurasia, North America
They are small herbaceous biennial or perennial plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals. The stem is ribbed and hairless, branched at the base. The fruit is a pod of about 15-30 millimetres. It blooms from May to July, and the seeds ripen from June to August. The leaves are highly nutritious and a good source of vitamins and minerals. The leaves are used as an ointment for treating wounds.
