Description and images of Brassica campestris (Yuyo), a native Chilean plant, provided by the supplier of native exotic Chilean seeds, Chileflora.com

Image of Brassica campestris (Yuyo). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Brassica campestris

Region Metropolitana, Santiago, La Florida, Chile
Altitude: 800 m. 12 21, 2005

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Species:	Brassica campestris
Family:	Brassicaceae
Order:	Papaverales
Chilean Name:	Yuyo
English Name:	Wild turnip
German Name:
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Record:	0000
	About 1 Brassica in Chile and 1 in our data base.
	About 191 Brassicaceae in Chile and 36 in our data base.




	Foreign Frequent Height:100 No ornamental value (C)

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INTRODUCTION

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Image of Brassica campestris (Yuyo). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Brassica campestris

Region Metropolitana, Santiago, La Florida, Chile
Altitude: 800 m. 12 21, 2005

DESCRIPTION

Plant type: Annual

Flower: Yellow, 4 petals

Height:100

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Image of Brassica campestris (Yuyo). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Brassica campestris

Region Metropolitana, Santiago, La Florida, Chile
Altitude: 800 m. 12 21, 2005

HABITAT

In Chile this species grows in the following environmental conditions:

Habitat according to altitude:

Low altitude, interior valleys
Coastal mountains, 500 - 2000 m.
Coastal areas, 0 - 500 m

Watering conditions:

Somewhat dry areas where the drought may last 3 - 5 months. Precipitations of 400 - 800 mm. are concentrated in winter.
Humid areas, with almost constant rainfall. Short dry periods are possible (generally not longer than 1 month).

Light conditions:

Fully exposed to the sun. Level areas or slopes facing north.
Some shadow. Some protection against direct sunlight, some shadow from vegetation, filtering about 20 - 40 % of light.
In shadow. Steep slopes facing south or a vegetation cover which filters 40 - 80 % of light.
In deep shadow. Deep ravines facing south with additional shadow from trees, or where there is a very dense vegetation cover which gives 80 - 100 % shadow (for instance, the Valdivian forests)
Exposed, but with protection from direct sun through coastal fog (camanchaca).

Image of Brassica campestris (Yuyo). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Brassica campestris

Region Metropolitana, Santiago, La Florida, Chile
Altitude: 800 m. 12 21, 2005

USES

No ornamental value (C)

Useful properties:

Medicinal
Fodder plant

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Image of Brassica campestris (Yuyo). Click to enlarge parts of image.

Image of Brassica campestris

VII Region, Pelarco, Libueno, Chile
Altitude: 300 m. 01 03, 2006

GROWING TIPS

This species has the following hardiness:

USDA Hardiness Zone 9. The plant does not tolerate snow, but can tolerate occasional freezing spells of about - 5° C (the typical morning frost of central Chile).