Species

Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris

Etymology

Brassica: From the Latin brassica used by Pliny the Elder, derived from the Celtic bresic, the name for cabbage.

Family

Brassicaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

BRARSS

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Yellow

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010