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Brassicaceae FAMILY Endangered

Barbarea australis

Barbarea australis

Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual/Perennial
Growth—

Barbarea australis is native to montane regions of Tasmania, where it experiences cold winters with frost and snow. Succeeds in sun or shade in a moist well-drained soil[1]. The plant is a prolific seed producer and after disturbance such as flooding, hundreds of seedlings can emerge in resultant gaps in winter and early spring. However, few generally survive to maturity due to browsing (mainly by native species) and disturbance by natural flood events[2]. The plant can sometimes reproduce vegetatively with a new plant growing from the base of an existing plant[2].

Propagation

Seed - sow in situ in early spring to early summer. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Barbarea+australis>

Pollinators

Flies, bees, Beetles, Self

References

  1. [1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
  2. [2]Tasmanian Threatened Species Factsheets — http://dpipwe.tas.gov.au/ ↩︎A series of Information sheets in PDF format on almost 500 species in Tasmania that are listed as under threat.
  3. [3]Wild Food in Australia. — Cribb. A. B. and J. W. · Fontana · 1976 · ISBN 0-00-634436-4 ↩︎A very good pocket guide.
  4. [4]Plants for Human Consumption. — Kunkel. G. · Koeltz Scientific Books · 1984 · ISBN 3874292169 ↩︎An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of Latin names with a brief list of edible parts.
  5. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎