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Kerguelen cabbage
Pringlea antiscorbutica
About
Pringlea antiscorbutica, commonly known as Kerguelen cabbage, is a flowering plant and the sole member of the monotypic genus Pringlea in the family Brassicaceae. Its common name comes from the archipelago of its discovery, the Kerguelen Islands, and its generic name derives from Sir John Pringle, president of the Royal Society at the time of its discovery by Captain James Cook's Surgeon, William Anderson in 1776.
- Family
- Brassicaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Pringlea antiscorbutica
- Slug
- pringlea-antiscorbutica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Pringlea
- Species
- antiscorbutica
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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