Brassica oleracea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Brassica oleracea L.

Cabbage

2009 Toni Corelli

2021 Zoya Akulova-Barlow

2009 Toni Corelli

2023 Emily Sharp

2011 Vernon Smith

2008 Louis-M. Landry

2010 Dr. Mark S. Brunell

Brassica oleracea is an annual herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~69 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Brassica
Family:	Brassicaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Brassica oleracea var. acephala
PLANTS	Brassica oleracea var. capitata

Information about Brassica oleracea from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (BROL) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Etymology: 'Brassica' was Pliny the Elder's name for several cabbage-like plants. Its specific epithet oleracea means "vegetable/herbal" in Latin and is a form of holeraceus (oleraceus). (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).