| Scientific Name: | Brassica oleracea (Acephala Group) |
| Common Name: | kale, collard |
| 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 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Fall interest, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Spiraled, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Crenate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Panicle, Yellow, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Silique, Yellow, Green, Brown, Jul-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal in first year, lobed, margin crenate and wavy, highly variable with colourful ornamental cvs. that can be very showy throughout the spring and fall; racemes of yellow florets in second year. | |