bio.wikisort.org - Plant

Brassica fruticulosa, the Mediterranean cabbage or twiggy turnip, is a member of the agriculturally significant genus Brassica. It was described by Domenico Maria Leone Cirillo in 1792.

Brassica fruticulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Brassica
Species:	B. fruticulosa
Binomial name
Brassica fruticulosa Cirillo, 1792

Description

Brassica fruticulosa has a similar odour to cabbage and broccoli, when crushed. The plant's stem is smooth and erect, varies from grey to green in colour, and can reach a height of 50 centimetres. The upper and lower leaves are stemmed, with the lower leaves being lyre-shaped, lobed near the base, and bristly in parts. The lower leaves measure up to 15 centimetres. The plant produces 10 millimetre-long, pale yellow flowers with four petals each, on short stalks, with many branches forming at the end of a stem. It also bears a pea pod-shaped siliqua which has a lumpy appearance and measures 2-4 centimetres in length. The seeds, when mature, are brown and spherical in appearance.

Distribution

Brassica fruticulosa is a wild cabbage which originated in southern Europe and North Africa. It has been introduced to Australia[1] and North America (including California, U.S.A.[2]), where it has subsequently become naturalized in the wild.

Subspecies and hybrids

• Brassica fruticulosa fruticulosa
• Brassica fruticulosa glaberrima
• Brassica fruticulosa mauritanica
• Brassica fruticulosa numidica
• Brassica fruticulosa pomeliana
• Brassica fruticulosa radicata[3]

Brassica fruticulosa has been synthetically cross-bred with Brassica rapa.[4]

References

External links

• Factsheet - Brassica fruticulosa

На других языках

---

- [en] Brassica fruticulosa

---

[ru] Капуста средиземноморская

Капуста средиземноморская[2] (лат. Brāssica fruticulōsa) — травянистое растение; вид рода Капуста семейства Капустные (Brassicaceae).

---

---