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Brassicaceae
Rapeseed Flower
Brassica napus
Golden prosperity and agricultural bounty.
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Brassica
- Native to
- Mediterranean, Europe
- Bloom season
- Spring, Early Summer
- Type
- annual or biennial
- Height
- 60–150 cm
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- fertile, well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral
- Water
- medium
- Hardiness
- 2–10 (annual)
- Lifespan
- annual or winter annual
Did you know
- Rapeseed fields create some of the most iconic agricultural landscapes — entire regions glow yellow in spring.
- Canola oil is rapeseed oil bred to have low erucic acid content — 'canola' stands for 'Canadian oil, low acid'.
- Rapeseed is the third-largest source of vegetable oil in the world, after palm and soybean.
- Beekeepers prize rapeseed for producing large quantities of pale, quickly crystallizing honey.
- China's Luoping County rapeseed bloom draws millions of tourists to see its golden terraced valleys.
Color meanings
Yellow
abundance and energy