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Cabbage seedlings have a thin taproot and cordate (heart-shaped) cotyledons. The first leaves produced are ovate (egg-shaped) with a lobed petiole. Plants are 40–60 centimetres (15 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 23 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) tall in their first year at the mature vegetative stage, and 1.5–2 metres (5– 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet) tall when flowering in the ...
Although rarely abundant, wild cabbage is found on the coasts of Britain, France, Spain, and Italy. [4] Wild cabbage is a hardy plant with high tolerance for salt and lime. Its intolerance of competition from other plants [11] typically restricts its natural occurrence to limestone sea cliffs, like the chalk cliffs on both sides of the English ...
Brassica (/ ˈ b r æ s ɪ k ə /) is a genus of plants in the cabbage and mustard family (Brassicaceae). The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, mustard plants, or simply brassicas. [2] Crops from this genus are sometimes called cole crops—derived from the Latin caulis, denoting the stem or stalk of ...
Cabbage plants. Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard plant and similar green leaf vegetables.
Pointed cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. acuta ), also known as cone , sweetheart , hispi or sugarloaf cabbage is a form of cabbage ( Brassica oleracea ) with a tapering shape and large delicate leaves varying in colour from yellowish to blue-green.
Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly known as skunk cabbage [5] or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low-growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of eastern North America. Bruised leaves present an odor reminiscent of skunk.
Cabbage tree is a common name for several plant species: Andira inermis, native to Central and South America; Various members of the genus Cordyline native to New Zealand. Cordyline australis (Cabbage tree) Cordyline banksii (Forest cabbage tree) Cordyline indivisa (Mountain cabbage tree, Broad-leaved cabbage tree)
Bumpy-leaf (black cabbage, better known by its Italian translation 'cavolo nero', and also known as Tuscan Cabbage, Tuscan Kale, lacinato and dinosaur kale) Sparkly-leaf (shiny and glossy) Plain-leaf (flat-leaf types like red Russian and white Russian kale) Leaf and spear, or feathery-type leaf (a cross between curly- and plain-leaf)