EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: BRSOX
• Preferred name: Brassica oleracea
• Authority: Linnaeus

Native to maritime cliffs of western Europe (Britain to Italy). Introduced in other European countries. This is the type variety. Other varieties, obtained in cultivation, exist in many different forms, both as a vegetable and as an ornamental. The names in the present entry refer only to the wild plant, or to the entire set of cultivated plants derived from it.