Brassica sp.

Brassica is a Mustard genus, and includes such common weedy species as Field Mustard (B. rapa) and Black Mustard (B. nigra). These species are not native to California; most of them originated in Eurasia, but many of them are naturalized nearly worldwide. Flowers are yellow, and in most members of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) or mustard family, there are four petals. This family includes many familiar cultivated food plants such as radish, broccoli, turnip, and horseradish. Felder's Orangetip and Cabbage White butterflies use plants in this family as host plants.

Introduction to Valentien Collection
Gallery of Plants
Monarca: A Gallery of Butterfly Plants

Text by Margaret Dykens