How to identify cauliflower

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1. Leaves

2. Flowers

3. Fruit

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Leaves: The basal leaves and the lower ones are oblong to oval, gray-green, with small teeth or entire edges, and petioles. The leaves on the stem are oblong to lanceolate, sessile. Flowers: Racemes axillary or terminal, pale yellow and then turning white. Fruit: cylindrical silique, broadly oval seeds, brown.

1. Leaves

1. Leaves

The leaves of cauliflower are divided into basal leaves and upper stem leaves, with different shapes and sizes. The basal leaves and the lower ones are oblong to oval, about 2-3.5 cm long, gray-green in color, round in shape at the top, not curled, spreading, with small teeth or entire edge. There are petioles, about 2-3 cm long. The leaves on the upper part of the stem are smaller, sessile, oblong to lanceolate.

2. Flowers

On the stem There will be a total pedicel at the top, and the racemes are axillary or terminal. The color of the flowers is light yellow and will turn white later. The flowering period is in April every year.

3. Fruit

Cauliflower is Cylindrical siliques, about 3-4 cm long, with a midrib, a thinner upper part and a thicker lower beak, about 10-12 mm long. Its seeds are broadly oval, about 2 mm long, and brown in color. The fruiting period is in May every year.

2. Flowers

3. Fruit

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