| Scientific Name: | Brassica oleracea (Botrytis Group) |
| Common Name: | cauliflower |
| Family Name: | Brassicaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Biennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Oblong, Obovate, Ovate, Spatulate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Panicle, Yellow, Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Silique, Green-yellow, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, most blades obovate, 12-40cm long x 14-20cm wide, margins lobed and wavy; flower buds usually creamy-white, some purplish, and very tightly clustered, harvested as a rounded mass 10-20cm wide. | |