American Yellowrocket
Barbarea orthoceras Ledeb. - Mustard familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 3.0 feet
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on American Yellowrocket: Anthocharis sara, Anthocharis sara sara, Euchloe ausonides, Pieris napi oleracea, Plutella porrectell
Native Range
- USA: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
- MEX: Mexico Northwest
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N)
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.