Turnip rape

Brassica rapa var. amplexicaulis

Spring Yellow flowers

Flower name
Turnip rape
Scientific name
Brassica rapa var. amplexicaulis
Alias菜の花, ナノハナ, 油菜, ナタネ, Turnip rape, Chinese colza, 菜ノ花, Nanohana
Place of originNorth Europe
Place of floweringFields and footpaths, Garden, Cut flowers, flower arrangement, Field, Park, Potted flower
Flowering seasonJanuary, February, March, April, May, December

What is Turnip rape

Turnip rape or nanohana, scientific name:rapa var. nippo-oleifera, is a cold-resistant grass in the Brassica genus, Brassicaceae Department. In bloom from early spring, spring breezes. Plant height is usually 50-80 cm, leave it alone and growing rapidly and reach up to 100 cm. January-may bloom many 4 valve yellow florets from the stem. Blooming on one side and looks like a yellow carpet is clean. Flowers, stems, and leaves are edible and nectar taken from flowers boiling, boiled and eaten. Canola oil is taken from a real flower after Saya (pod) in. Flowers the Kana of the crepe cabbage is used as cut flowers, and other types.　

General: Turnip rape, scientific name:rapa var. nippo-oleifera, aka Nanohana,rape, Brassica napus, rapeseed (canola), origin: Northern Europe, height: 50-80 cm, leaf: broad lanceolate, leaf: wavy, inflorescence: evapotranspiration (umbel) flowers, flower: yellow, flower diameter: 5-10 cm, flowering time: January-may