Crambe cordifolia

Crambe cordifolia
Crambe cordifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Crambe
Species: C. cordifolia
Binomial name
Crambe cordifolia
Stev.

Crambe cordifolia, syn. Crambe glabrata DC., a colewort sometimes called Heartleaf crambe, is an ornamental plant native to the Caucasus. It is in the brassicaceae plant family and thus related to cabbage; the leaves emit a distinctive cabbagy odour when bruised. It is widely cultivated in gardens for its spectacular multi-branched inflorescence of many small, white, cruciform (cross-shaped) flowers, reaching up to 2 metres high and appearing in early summer.

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