Brassica elongata

Botanical Description

Brassica elongata is an erect, biennial to perennial plant, usually branching from the middle; it can grow 60 - 130cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of oil. It was sometimes cultivated as a food crop in the past. Brassica elongata has the potential to spread over large areas, especially in disturbed habitats. Over most of its alien range, impacts of its presence are not yet known, but in a few areas it has competed with native flora for resources. In Poland, for example, it invades disturbed habitat and has competed with native vegetation for resources and displaced a few xerothermic plants[ 413 Title Global Invasive Species Database Publication Author Website http://www.issg.org/database/welcome/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Very detailed information on almost 400 species (with more being added) of plants that have become weeds in areas outside their native range. ].