Bunias orientalis

Family
Brassicaceae
Life form

H

hemicryptophyte
Other names
Turkish warty-cabbage
Orientalische Zackenschote
Russekål
 
Classified as invasive in
Germany
Norway
Origin
W-Asia, E-Europe

Bunias orientalis is a biennial or perennial hemicryptophyte most likely native to the Armenian highlands in the southern Caucasus. Typically, the species predominantly invades disturbed habitats and thus, occurs in urban areas, along roads and railways, and grasslands. It usually forms dense stands only in early succession phases after disturbances.

Sources

Gederaas L., Moen T.L., Skjelseth S., Larsen L.K. (2012): Alien species in Norway – with the Norwegian Black List 2012. The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre, Norway.