Cauliflower

Cauliflower
Wild cabbage plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Brassicaceae
Genus:	Brassica
Species:	B. oleracea
Binomial name
Brassica oleracea L.

Cauliflower is a variety of Brassica oleracea grown for its large dome-shaped inflorescence heads, which are often white, or other non-chlorophyll colors like purple. It is similar to broccoli in that both are B. oleracea varieties prized for their dense, tender masses of flower bud tissue.