Very similar to other Barbarea species. B. stricta has quite pale yellow flowers and hairy buds. Grows upright and little-branched to 90cm high.

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Moist places by rivers, ditches, canals and marshes.

Flowering May to July or later.

A biennial or perennial herb.

Occasional scattered records from across England.

Infrequent and local in Leicestershire and Rutland. Mainly confined to the lower Soar Valley where it can be locally frequent.