Brassica fruticulosa Cirillo

Biennial to perennial with lax rosette. Stems erect, glabrous or sparsely hairy below, to 1 m tall; older stems woody. Lvs glaucous, glabrous or sparsely bristly, petiolate. Rosette and lower stem lvs lyrate-pinnatifid to lyrate-pinnate, (4)–8–20 × (2)–3–8 cm; margins crenate to dentate; terminal lobe large, often 3-lobed; lateral lobes subacute or obtuse, in 2–4 pairs, the proximal deflexed. Stem lvs becoming simple, linear, entire, c. 30 × 2 mm. Racemes 12–35 cm long; open fls slightly overtopping buds. Sepals narrow-oblong, 4–5 × c. 1 mm. Petals yellow, 7–9 × 4–5 mm. Lateral stamens spreading. Silique terete, glabrous, linear-oblong, constricted between seeds, (15)–20–35 × 2–3 mm; gynophore 1–2 mm long; valves with prominent median and 4 weaker lateral veins; beak conic, 0–2-seeded, 3–5 mm long. Seeds red-brown, c. 1 mm diam.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Jan.–Dec.; Fruiting: Jan.–Dec.