Moricandia nitens
Violet Cabbage
Moricandia arvensis
(L.) DC. Species
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- Botanical name
- Moricandia arvensis
- Also known as
- Violet Cabbage, Violet-Cabbage
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Moricandia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Violet Cabbage
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Moricandia arvensis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Agrosinapis arvensis
Brassica arvensis
Brassica purpurea
Crantzia frutescens
Diplotaxis arvensis
Diplotaxis brassiciformis
Eruca arvensis
Erucastrum decandollei
Hesperis arvensis
Moricandia arvensis subsp. arvensis
Moricandia arvensis var. garamantum
Moricandia arvensis var. robusta
Moricandia longirostris
Sinapis mesopotamica
Turritis arvensis
Others in Moricandia
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