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Yellow Rocket

Barbarea vulgaris

Yellow rocket is a yellow flowered biennial mustard. It is a weed of alfalfa and small grains as well as newly seeded turf areas. It is a prolific seeder and in the spring large fields turn yellow with its flowers.

Photo of Yellow Rocket

Photo by Dr. John Meade, weed scientist emeritus
Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension

Photo of Field of Yellow Rocket

Photo by Dr. John Meade, weed scientist emeritus
Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension