Brassica jordanoffii

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Common name

Scientific name

Brassica jordanoffii O. E. Schultz.

Conservation status and threats

PROTECTED species in Bulgaria.

The species is listed in the Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria to the category "Vulnerable" [Mincho Anchev & Valentina Goranova, 2010 in: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria].

Description and identification

Perennial herb. Flowering stems 30–50 cm. Leaves glabrous, somewhat fleshy, basal spathulate, cauline oblong-lanceolate. Flowers pale yellow arranged in a terminal racemose inflorescence. Fruit 20–40 mm long siliqua, shortly beaked. Flowering May - August [Anchev & Goranova, 2010].

Distribution in Bulgaria

Pirin Mts (northern – above Bunderitsa chalet, Dzhamdzhievi Skali locality, slopes of Kutelo peak, Golyam and Malak Kazan, Banski Suhodol, Razlozhki Suhodol cirques, around Suhoto Ezero); from (1850) 2100 up to 2500 m alt [Anchev & Goranova, 2010].

General distribution

Bulgaria [Anchev & Goranova, 2010].

Brassica jordanoffii на български