Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var botrytis) is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant of the Brassicaceae family, cultivated for its fleshy flowers. The cauliflower's root is pivoting and penetrates up to 40 cm into the soil. The leaves are petiolate, ovate-elongated, with finely toothed margins. At about 70 days after sprouting, when the plant has 9-12 leaves, the inflorescence, the edible part, appears. After 20 days from the formation of the inflorescences, they open and the flowering shoots appear. The fruit is a silique inside which are spherical, brown seeds, 2-2.5 cm in diameter.