Catolobus pendulus

(L.) Al-Shehbaz

Chui guo nan jie

Brassicaceae Edible: Leaves 2,064 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A cabbage family herb. It grows up to 110 cm tall. The stems are erect and not branched. The lower leaves have leaf stalks and those on the stem do not. The leaves are oblong or sword shaped and 3-10 cm long by 1-3 cm wide.

Edible Uses

The leaves are eaten.

Distribution

It grows on rocky slopes, roadsides, woodlands, meadows, limestone cliffs, hillsides, waste places, thickets, forest margins, valleys, river banks, grassy areas, deserts; near sea level to 4300 m altitude in China. It can grow in arid places. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Asia, Central Asia, China, Europe, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, North America, Russia, USA,

Notes

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

Synonyms

Arabis pendula var. glabrescens FranchetArabis pendula var. hebecarpa Y. C. Lan & T. Y. CheoArabis pendula var. hypo-glauca FranchetArabis subpendula Ohwiand others

References (3)

Flora of China @ efloras.org Volume 8 (As Arabis pendula)
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Arabis pendula)
Zhou Taiyan, Lu Lianli, Yang Guang; Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz, BRASSICACEAE (CRUCIFERAE), Flora of China. (As Arabis pendula)