Raphanus sativus

Radish, Radish

Family: Brassicaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Radish is a naturalized annual found in California's Central Valley and Coastal regions in disturbed areas and fields at elevations below 1,500 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white to pink flowers 15 to 25 millimeters long with delicate petals. Growing with branched stems reaching 1 to 4 meters tall, it develops sparsely hairy to smooth green foliage. Its distinctive leaves are lyre-shaped or pinnately divided, with 1 to 12 lateral lobes that are broadly toothed and can reach up to 60 centimeters long. The fruit develops as a distinctive fusiform pod with a corky terminal segment that can extend 3 to 15 centimeters in length.

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: < 1500 m

Bioregions: CA-FP

California counties: Riverside, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Butte, Del Norte, Fresno, Humboldt, Mariposa, Monterey, Orange, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Trinity, Santa Barbara, Siskiyou, Alameda, Amador, Contra Costa, Lake, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Sutter, Colusa, Kern, Placer, Sacramento, Calaveras, El Dorado, Yolo, Glenn, Yuba, Kings, Plumas, Marin, Mendocino, Tulare, Tuolumne, Nevada, Stanislaus, Napa, Shasta

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.