Mediterranean Turnip

Scientific Name:

Brassica tournefortii

Mediterranean Turnip plant
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to Europe. Naturalised over much of mainland Australia.

Plant Description:

Annual with a long taproot, erect and branched stems to 60 cm high and bristly at the base. Basal leaves with 4-10 pairs of irregularly toothed lateral lobes, densely bristly underneath. Flowers pale yellow fading to white with petals 5-8 mm long. Fruit erect, 3-7 mm long (including a beak) and 2-3 mm wide and constricted between each seed. Flowering Spring to Autumn.

Habitat:

A common weed in the Mallee but occasionally found elsewhere as a crop weed. Often found on the edges of samphire flats or even among samphire plants.

Region	Salinity Class	Waterlogging Class
Mallee, Loddon Murray, Central and Northern	S0, S1, S2, S3	W0, W1, W2

Photos of Mediterranean Turnip

Leaves of Mediterranean Turnip
Photo: A J Brown

Flowers and fruit of Mediterranean Turnip
Photo: A J Brown

Flower cluster of Mediterranean Turnip
Photo: A J Brown

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