Eutrema heterophyllum (W.W.Sm.) H.Hara

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Eutrema

Characteristics

Herbs 2-15(-25) cm tall, glabrous throughout or rarely puberulent, with a caudex and fleshy root. Stems erect, simple, often few from caudex. Basal leaves rosulate, somewhat fleshy; petiole (0.5-)1-5.5(-7.5) cm; leaf blade ovate, suborbicular, lanceolate, or rhombic, (0.3-)0.5-2(-2.5) cm × (2-)4-10(-15) mm, base cordate, truncate, or cuneate, sometimes distinctly oblique, margin entire, apex obtuse or subacute. Middle cauline leaves lanceolate, ovate, or linear-lanceolate, 0.7-2.5(-3) cm × 2-9 mm, pinnately veined, sessile, base cuneate, margin entire, apex subacute. Infructescence compact, subumbellate or short racemes, little or not expanded in fruit, 0.2-2(-3.5) cm. Fruiting pedicels divaricate or slightly reflexed, 1-4(-5) mm. Sepals ovate, 1.5-2 × ca. 1 mm, persistent through fruit maturity. Petals white, spatulate, 2-3.5 × 1-1.7 mm. Filaments white, 1-2 mm, slightly dilated at base; anthers ovate, 0.2-0.3 mm. Ovules 4-10 per ovary. Fruit linear or oblong, (4-)5-10(-12) × 1.5-2 mm, slightly 4-angled, not torulose; valves cuneate at both ends, with a prominent midvein; gynophore to 0.5 mm; septum mostly perforate; style obsolete to 0.6 mm. Seeds oblong, plump, 1.5-2 × ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug.
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A herb. It grows 2-15 cm high. It has a fleshy root. The stems are erect and simple. The leaves at the base are in a ring. The leaves one the stem are narrowly oval and 1-3 cm long by 2-9 mm wide.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.15
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It grows in Yunnan in China. It grows in alpine meadows between 2,400-5,400 m above sea level.
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Usage

The young stems and leaves are cooked in stir fried dishes.
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Edible leaves stems
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Distribution

Eutrema heterophyllum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:284340-1
WFO ID wfo-0000683661
COL ID 6HJ7Z
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Synonyms

Braya heterophylla Eutrema compactum Eutrema heterophyllum Eutrema obliquum Eutrema edwardsii subsp. compactum Eutrema edwardsii var. heterophyllum Eutrema edwardsii subsp. heterophyllum