Common name: Cauliflower, Collards
Brassica oleracea L. APNI* Description: Biennial or perennial with stems usually to 1 m high, becoming woody with conspicuous basal leaf scars.
Leaves glaucous and glabrous; lower leaves to 40 cm long, wide and rounded, more or less toothed, sometimes pinnatisect; upper leaves oblong entire, sessile and bract like.
Inflorescence racemose. Petals 10–20 mm long.
Siliqua 5–10 cm long, 2–3 mm wide; beak 5–10 mm long; pedicel 10–30 mm.
Distribution and occurrence: Cultivated as a vegetable, occasionally escapes but not fully naturalised. Native of Europe.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC
Other Australian states: *Vic.
Many selected forms are recognised as varieties: var. capitata (Cabbage), var. gemmifera (Brussels Sprouts), var. botytris (Cauliflower), var. italica (Broccoli).
Text by B.M. Wiecek from L. Retter & G.J. Harden, Fl. NSW Vol. 1, 1990.
Taxon concept:
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