Common name
English: Bittercress
German: Echte Winterkresse
Portuguese: Erva-de-Santa-Bárbara
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Capparales (36)
Family: Brassicaceae (33)(family description)
Genus: Barbarea (1)
Epithet: vulgaris R.Br. (14)
Synonyms: Arabis barbarea Bernh., Barbarea abortiva Hausskn., Barbarea altaica Andrz. ex Steud., Barbarea arcuata (Opiz ex J.Presl & C.Presl) Rchb., Barbarea arcuata Andrz. ex DC.
abortiva => improperly formed; premature; imperfect
altaica => from the Altai Mountains, a mountain range in East-Central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together
arcuata => bow-shaped, bent
vulgaris => common, everyday
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow