Brassicaceae
Brassicaceae is a family of plants including mustard, wasabi, and horseradish. They are also called the mustard family, or cabbage family. Some plants in this family are hot when you eat them, so they are used as spices. Another group includes the cabbages, where there are broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage. Another name for this family is Cruciferae.
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The flowers of this family have four petals and look like a cross. The name comes from the genus in it, Brassica.
Image gallery
- Herderstasje bladrozet (Capsella bursa-pastoris).jpg
Incised leaves of Capsella bursa-pastoris
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Corymbs of Iberis umbellata
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Corymbs of Arabidopsis thaliana
- Cardamine pulcherrima 01057t.JPG
Flower of Cardamine pulcherrima
- Kleine veldkers hauw (Cardamine hirsuta seedpods).jpg
Siliquae of Cardamine hirsuta
- Raphanus sativus silique IP0209056.jpg
Loment-like siliquae of Raphanus sativus
- Isatis.tinctoria.pods.jpg
Samara-like siliquae of Isatis tinctoria
- Cabbage.jpg
Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
Turnips (Brassica rapa)
Rapeseed field in Germany (Brassica napus)
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Brassicaceae Media
- Ricotia Lunaria.jpg
A botanical scan of Ricotia lunaria, a flower from the Brassicaceae family. An endemic species to Israel and Lebanon.
- Floral diagram Erysimum Bowles Mauve 2.jpg
Typical floral diagram of a Brassicaceae (Erysimum "Bowles' Mauve")
- LunariaAnnua1.jpg
Lunaria annua with dry walls of the fruit
- Smelowskia americana 4859.JPG
Smelowskia americana is endemic to the midlatitude mountains of western North America.
- Brassicaceae Coast Sand Loving wallflower erysimum ammophilum.jpg
Coast/sand-loving wallflower Erysimum ammophilum
- Brassicaceae Money Plant Honesty Lunaria annua.jpg
Honesty Lunaria annua
- Brassicaceae Western wallflower erysimum capitatum var capitatum.jpg
Western wallflower Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum