Driehuizen, Eilandspolder, North Holland. Beautiful spring day, windless, blue sky and a verge full of flowering oilseed rape.
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is an annual or biennial plant of the crucifer family (Brassicaceae). The plant looks a lot like rapeseed (Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera). However, the oilseed rape flowers a little later, and can also be distinguished from this by the fact that in the case of the oilseed rape the buds of the unopened flowers are higher than the flowers, while in the case of the turnip rape the flowers cover the buds. Oilseed rape can be self-pollinated as well as pollinated by bees or bumblebees.
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