Cauliflower

Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

  • Cauliflower
  • Cauliflower
  • Flower name
    Cauliflower
  • Scientific name
    Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
  • Aliasハナヤサイ, Cauliflower, 花野菜
  • Place of originthe Mediterranean coast
  • Place of floweringField
  • Flowering seasonMay

What is Cauliflower

Cauliflower (Scientific name: Brassica oleracea var. Botrytis) is native to the Mediterranean coast and is a light yellow vegetable of cold-resistant annual plant of the family Brassicaceae. It is a coincidental vegetable as a sudden variant of Kale. The height of the plant is low, and a large leaf with a decided lanceolate shape with a timely appearance is put out. Add one large spherical flower bud to a shorter stem apex. Before stretching inflorescence in spring and making yellow flowers bloom, we harvest white flower buds and use them as vegetables. cucumber (cucumber (cucumber) ) and so on together with pickles.

Common name: Cauliflower, Scientific name: Brassica oleracea var. Botrytis, aka: Hanayasai (flower vegetables), Hanakanran (flower sweet indigo), Place of origin: Mediterranean coast, habitat distribution: in Japan, plant height: 40 to 80 cm, leaf shape: lanceolate to long ellipse, leaf color: green, leaf length: 30 to 50 cm, leaf margin: Flower color: White, green, purple, orange, flower size: 15 to 25 cm, flower color: yellow, number of petals: 4, flowering period: May, harvesting period: November to February, use: white flower buds edible vegetables Taste: It is light but it has a little gut.


  • Order
    Brassicales
  • Family
    Brassicaceae
  • Genus
    Brassica
  • Species
    B. oleracea var. botrytis
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Spikelet inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    4 petals
  • Leaf type
    lanceolate
  • Edge of the leaf
    Toothed
  • Life typecold-resistant annual plant
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height40.0 ~ 80.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower15.0 ~ 25.0 cm

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