Barbarea stricta, the small-flowered winter-cress,[3] is a species of plant in the family Brassicaceae.

Barbarea stricta is a biennial or perennial herb up to 100 cm tall.

[6] It is native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in parts of North America.

It has been reported from all 6 New England states plus Québec, Ontario, New York State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, China, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, France, England, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina.

It grows on disturbed sites such as roadsides, ditches, cultivated fields, etc.