Barbarea intermedia Boreau

Spice

Family: CRUCIFERAE (BRASSICACEAE)

Genus: Barbarea

Catalan common name: Barbarea pirinenca.

Spanish common name: Hierba de Santa Bárbara. Nabiello.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Girona. Lleida.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones.

Characteristics: Nitrophilic grasslands from wetlands, stream banks, shady livestock mangers, roadsides or forest boundaries, etc. A perennial herb, glabrous or glabrescent, with inferior leaves lirate-pinnatipartide. Can be distinguished from other Barbarea, by its relatively short silques (up to 3 cm in length) and 3-5 lateral segments at the inferior leaves.