Chi ye nan jie
Arabis serrata

Family: Brassicaceae

What it is like

A cabbage family herb. It is an annual herb with runners. It is densely covered with hairs. It grows up to 35 cm tall. The leaves near the base are simple and entire. They are 2-3 cm long by 3-5 mm wide. The leaves on the stems are smaller and without leaf stalks. The flowers are in compound groups at the top of the plant. The dry elongated fruit has about 20 very small seeds.

There are about 120 Arabis species. They are temperate plants.

Where it is found

It grows in rocky crevices, along streams, mountain slopes, deciduous forest between 100–3200 m altitude in China.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Arabis alpina Linnaeus var. formosana Masamune ex S. F. Huang; Arabis amplexicaulis Edgeworth var. japonica H. Bois-sieu; Arabis amplexicaulis var. serrata (Franchet & Savatier) Maki-no; Arabis boissieuana Nakai; Arabis boissieuana var. glauca (H. Bois-sieu) Koidzumi; Arabis boissieuana var. sikokiana Nakai; Arabis fauriei H. Boissieu (1899), not H. Léveillé (1910); Arabis fauriei var. grandiflora Nakai; Arabis formosana (Masamune ex S. F. Huang) T. S. Liu & S. S. Ying; Arabis glauca H. Boissieu; Arabis glauca subsp. pseudoauriculata (H. Boissieu) Voroschilov; Arabis hallaisanensis Nakai; Arabis iwatensis Makino; Arabis kishidae Nakai; Arabis pseudoauriculata H. Boissieu; Arabis serrata var. glabrescens Ohwi; Arabis serrata var. glauca (H. Boissieu) Ohwi; Arabis serrata var. platycarpa Ohwi; Arabis serrata var. japonica (H. Boissieu) Ohwi; Arabis serrata var. sikokiana (Nakai) Ohwi; Arabis sikokiana (Nakai) Honda;