Plants growing in HKU Edible Spaces

Small-leaved mexican mint. Succulent herbaceous plant. Fuzzy leaves. Flowers are pink or purple or white and trumpet-shaped.

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根莖塊狀，單生或數枚連接。外皮皺縮，易折斷。

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葉對生，葉面光滑，葉緣有鋸齒，莖為直立或略蔓性，植株帶有薄荷味的果香風味。

又名三七。主根呈類圓錐形或圓柱形，長1~6cm，直徑1~4cm。表面灰黃色或灰褐色，有斷續的縱皺紋及支根痕。

植株低矮，常貼近地面生長。鬚根發達，莖短縮。基生葉片排列成蓮座形。

莖部綠色，有細小的菜葉，葉片為深綠色，而葉片間有黃色的小花

The stem is green with small leaves which are in dark green. There are small yellow flowers between the leaves.

葉的邊緣有不規則的深齒裂或羽裂，裂片橢圓形，先端鈍。

The leaves are alternate, divided into leaflets and may be pinnatisect, lobed, or serrate (toothed) but rarely entire

十字花科植物。葉呈圓形、卵形、倒卵形或橢圓形

Classified in compositae family. Chinese white cabbage has a shallow root system and leaves borne on the shortened stem with round, oval, obovate or elliptical.

多年生植物，植株具匍匐性，葉形狀為橢圓，有清涼的香味，花為淡紫色或白色。

Wide-spreading underground and overground stolons and erect, square, branched stems.

Slender hollow stems and alternate, finely divided, softly delicate leaves. The flowers are yellow.

外形類似茴香，高度約為一至四英呎高，黃色小花呈傘狀分佈，葉為針狀分針。