| Scientific Name: | Brassica oleracea (Gemmifera Group) |
| Common Name: | Brussels sprout |
| Family Name: | Brassicaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Biennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Glaucous, Obovate, Orbicular, Reniform, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Yellow, Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Silique, Green-yellow, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternalte, blades obovate to orbicular to reniform, 15-24cm long x 18-25cm wide, apex rounded; leaf buds 1-4cm round called "Brussel sprouts" form along the lower stem in the leaf axils. | |