Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable
A cabbage family herb. The leaves are dark smooth and shiny. They come from the ground in many stemmed rings. Each stem has leaflets arranged in 2 rows. There is a large rounded leaflet at the end. The flowering stem can be 60 cm high. The flowers are bright yellow. The seed pods are narrow and like a cylinder. There is a short point at the end.
It is a temperate plant. It will grows in the hills in Malaysia. In Haiti it occurs at 1600 m. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 600 m above sea level. Tasmania Herbarium.
Common Names: Early cress, American land cress, Anadndrano an tanety, Bank cress, Land cress, Scurvy grass, Sunnar
Synonyms:
Barbarea praecox (Sm.) R. Br.;
Erysimum vernum Mill.;