Broccoli (Brassica oleracea)
Species Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
Broccoli is an edible green plant in the cabbage family whose large flowering head, stalk and small associated leaves are eaten as a vegetable. Broccoli is classified in the Italica cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli has large flower heads, or florets, usually dark green, arranged in a tree-like structure branching out from a thick stalk, which is usually light green. Leaves surround the mass of flower heads. Broccoli resembles cauliflower, a different but closely related cultivar group of the same Brassica species.
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Germination temperature
- 4.4–37.8 °C
- Ideal germination temperature
- 26.7 °C
- Germination time
- 5–10 days
- Time to harvest
- 45–109 days
- Frost limit
- −1 °C