Yellow rocket is a winter annual of the mustard family. It forms a rosette of leaves in early fall and generally remains in this state due to mowing of the turf. The leaves of yellow rocket are a bright, shiny green and deeply notched along the edges. They terminate in a large, rounded lobe . Its flowers are yellow, small, have four petals, and are found in clusters at the tips of the uppermost branches.
Yellow rocket is found in cool regions.
Shepherdspurse is a winter annual that forms a basal rosette during early fall. While in the rosette stage , shepherdspurse can be misidentified as a dandelion. The leaves are coarsely lobed but generally more narrow than dandelions. As the weather warms in spring, a multiple-branched seed stalk arises from the center of the rosette. The leaves on these stems are arrow-shaped and coarsely toothed .