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Winter Cress (Barbarea vulgaris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae Juss.

Brassicaceae is a family of plants including mustard, wasabi, and horseradish. They are also called the mustard family, or cabbage family. Some plants in this family are hot when you eat them, so they are used as spices. Another group includes the cabbages, where there are broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage. Another name for this family is Cruciferae.

The flowers of this family have four petals and look like a cross. The name comes from the genus in it, Brassica.

Image gallery

Draba aizoides
Lepidium bidentatum
Incised leaves of Capsella bursa-pastoris
Corymbs of Iberis umbellata
Corymbs of Arabidopsis thaliana
Flower of Cardamine pulcherrima
Siliquae of Cardamine hirsuta
Loment-like siliquae of Raphanus sativus
Samara-like siliquae of Isatis tinctoria
Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
Turnips (Brassica rapa)
Rapeseed field in Germany (Brassica napus)
Matthiola incana

Images for kids

Lunaria annua with dry walls of the fruit
Smelowskia americana is endemic to the midlatitude mountains of western North America.

See also

In Spanish: Brasicáceas o crucíferas para niños

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