Is it a native?

*Wild Cabbage - introduced (*Brassica oleracea)

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Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage family).
Probably a native of the southern Europe.
Occurrence: Scattered weed, sometimes as a garden escape.

Identification:

Varieties of this species includes Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Brussel Sprouts, Broccoli and Kohl Rabi. The wild plants may have little resemblance to the garden varieties.

Photos: 1,2: Flowers and leaf. Garden specimens.
3,4: Growing between railway tracks, Castlemaine.The fruit are constricted between the seeds and the fruit end in a narrowed beak. Castlemaine.
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