Plant Encyclopedia
Rorippa dubia ("Michibatagarashi")
Japanese name: ミチバタガラシ (道端芥子)
Scientific name: Rorippa dubia
[Overview]
A perennial 5–30 cm tall, found on sunny roadsides and in fields.
The stem branches.
Leaves are alternate, oblong to ovate and undivided, or shallowly to moderately pinnately lobed with a large terminal lobe.
The leaves are dark green and dull, with coarse teeth on the margins.
Flowers are borne in racemes, with no petals or only very small petals.
The fruit is a linear silique extending straight and spreading, with the seeds in one row.
Details
Names
Japanese: ミチバタガラシ(道端芥子)
Life form
Perennial
Habit
Terrestrial
Flowering season
April, May, June, July, August, September
Distribution or origin
Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Ryukyu), China, Taiwan, India, Malaysia
Height
50–300 mm
Leaf shape
Simple leaf (unlobed), Lobed leaf
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf margin
Serrate
Inflorescence
Raceme
Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.
