Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : brsra

Scientific name: Brassica rapa L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Brassica campestris L., Brassica asperifolia Lam.

Classification: Cruciferae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: wild turnip

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Wasserrübe ; ES : naba ; FR : chou champêtre ; IT : cavolo rapa ; PT : nabo ; EN : wild turnip ;

Biological type: Annual

Seedling:

- Cotyledons cordate, deep notche at the end.

- Foliage leaves irregularly pinnatifid, very bristly.

Adult plant:

- Height up to 40 cm.

- Stem little branched, bluishly pruinose.

- Foliage leaves bristly; lower leaves pinnatifid, petiolate ; upper leaves undivided, dentate to entire, widely amplexicaul.

- Flowers yellow; open flowers with long peduncles, overtop the buds.

- Biological type: annual

- Spread: common in cool regions.

Ecological profile (click on flags):   Present    

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