Brassicaceae

Water-covered foliage of Brassica oleracea 'Winterbor'

Brassica oleracea Acephala Group ‘Winterbor’

Published by Daniel Mosquin on October 11, 2018

Ruffled. Crinkly. Curled. All are adjectives used to describe the leaves of ‘Winterbor’ kale.

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Flowers of Cardamine cordifolia

Cardamine cordifolia

Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 18, 2018

Although not the showiest of montane plants, this heart-leaved bitter-cress caught the attention of many Botany BC participants at last year’s meeting in Cathedral Provincial Park and Protected Area. It is uncommonly encountered in British Columbia, with a distributional range that barely extends into the province.

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Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group 'Romanesco'

Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group ‘Romanesco’

Published by Daniel Mosquin on January 26, 2018

Is it a broccoli? Is it a cauliflower? Or is it simply, ‘Romanesco’?

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Close-up of Iberis gibraltarica flowers

Iberis gibraltarica

Published by Daniel Mosquin on March 22, 2017

The collective common name for species in Iberis is candytuft. With a name like that, you might expect plants like today’s Gibraltar candytuft to be sweetly-scented.

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Developing fruits of Cakile edentula

Cakile edentula

Published by Daniel Mosquin on March 7, 2017

Today’s entry is the second in the series on the Coastal Flora of the Pacific Rim. This species, Cakile edentula, grew along all of the sandy beaches that I visited (a couple years ago) near Tofino, British Columbia. I was impressed by the ability of these plants to grow in the middle of large expanses […]

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Early morning breeze on Stanleya pinnata

Stanleya pinnata var. pinnata

Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 9, 2017

Being in the presence of Stanleya pinnata in bloom had been on my “list” for quite some time, so it was a joy to see it often on a May 2015 trip to the southwest USA.

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Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group 'Romanesco'

Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group ‘Romanesco’

Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 17, 2006

A top-notch piece of writing on this plant exists online, so rather than trying to retell the story, I’m going to recommend you visit this page: Fractal Food: Self-Similarity on the Supermarket Shelf by John Walker, founder of Autodesk, Inc. and co-author of the well-known AutoCAD software.

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