Eutrema tenue Makino

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs 12-35(-55) cm tall, glabrous or retrorsely pilose; rhizomes not fleshy. Stems decumbent, simple, often a few from base. Basal leaves rosulate; petiole 3-8(-10) cm; leaf blade cordate or reniform, 1-3(-5) × 1-3(-6) cm, base cordate, margin dentate, repand, or subentire, with distinct apiculate callosities terminating ultimate veins, apex rounded or obtuse. Middle cauline leaves with petioles 0.7-2.5 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate to ovate-cordate, 0.7-2(-3.5) × 0.8-2 cm, palmately veined, base and margin as in basal leaves, apex acute. Infructescence lax raceme, bracteate throughout. Fruiting pedicels reflexed or spreading, slender, (0.5-)1-2(-2.5) cm. Sepals ovate, 1.5-2 × 1-1.2 mm, caducous. Petals white, oblong-spatulate, 4-5 × 1-1.5 mm. Filaments white, 1.5-2 mm; anthers ovate, 0.3-0.5 mm. Ovules 6-10 per ovary. Fruit linear, (0.8-)1-2 cm × 1.5-2 mm, terete, torulose; valves with an obscure midvein; gynophore absent or obsolete; septum complete; style 0.5-2 mm. Seeds oblong, plump, 2-3 × 1-1.5 mm. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Apr-Jun.
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A herb. It grows 12-35 cm tall. The stems lie over and there are often several from the base. The leaves at the base are in a ring. The leaves on the stems are oval and 1-2 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.12 - 0.35
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It is a subtropical plant. In Sichuan and Yunnan. It grows from near sea level to 4,000 m above sea level.
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Edible flowers leaves stems
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Images

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Distribution

Eutrema tenue world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:284359-1
WFO ID wfo-0000683694
COL ID 6HJ7F
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Synonyms

Eutrema bracteatum Eutrema tenue Cardamine bracteata Eutrema hederifolium Wasabia hederaefolia Wasabia tenuis Wasabia bracteata Nasturtium tenue Wasabia hederifolia Neomartinella guizhouensis Cardamine tenuis Eutrema wasabi var. tenue