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broccoli

Plant

  • Biennial, grown as annual crop
  • Up to 24" tall

Stem

  • Alternate leaves

Leaf

  • Size variable
  • Broadly ovate
  • Round lobes with smaller lobes at base
  • Bluish-green with thick, white midrib

Head

  • Cluster of flower buds
  • Blue-green when immature
  • Edible, harvested before buds open to yellow flowers