Barbaraea intermedia Boreau, Fl. Cent. France 2: 48. 1840. B. vulgaris R. Br. var. sicula Hook. f. & T. Anderson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 134. 1872, non B. sicula Presl 1819.

Herbs, up to 60 cm high, branched. Basal leaves 2 - 19 x 1 - 4.5 cm; lateral lobes 3 - 8-paired, elliptic or obovate; terminal lobe rounded. Cauline leaves usually 2 - 5-jugate, 2 - 5 x 1.5 - 3 cm, deeply lobed with linear-oblong or oblanceolate segments. Racemes up to 18 cm long, 10 - 20-flowered. Flowers ca 5 mm across; pedicels 4 - 5 mm long in fruit. Sepals ovate-elliptic, ca 3 mm long, ca 1 mm wide. Petals obovate, ca 5 mm long, ca 1.5 mm wide. Stamens ca 4 mm long. Fruits linear-oblong, terete or terete-compressed, 10 - 30 mm long, ca 1.5 mm thick, glabrous; style not persistent. Seeds many, ovate.

Fl. & Fr. June - July.

Distrib. India: Temperate Himalayas, open grassy slopes, 2000 - 5500 m. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim.

Bhutan, Nepal, C. Asia, Europe and N. Africa.