What is lotus white?

Lotus white is another name for cabbage.

Cabbage is a kind of vegetable from abroad, the scientific name is cabbage, also known as broccoli, lotus white, cabbage and so on. Cabbage originated from the Mediterranean coast and is a biennial herb. Basal leaves are stout, obovate or oblong, gray-blue, with powdery wax on the surface. The new leaves support the stems, and the colors are pale white and green.

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Chinese cabbage (scientific name: cabbage? var。 ? capitata？ Linnaeus) is a cruciferous and Brassica plant. Biennial herb covered with powdery frost. Short and stout annual stems are fleshy, unbranched, green or grayish green. The basal leaves are thick, wrapped into spheroids and oblate; Biennial stems are branched and have cauline leaves. The basal leaves are rounded at the top and sharply narrowed at the bottom, forming a very short petiole with broad wings.

The upper cauline leaves are ovate or oblong-ovate, with stems at the base. Racemes terminal and axillary; Flowers pale yellow, 2-2.5 cm in diameter; Pedicel length 7- 15 mm; Sepals erect, linear and oblong; Petals are broadly elliptic, obovate or nearly round, with emarginate ends. Silique is cylindrical, slightly flat on both sides, with prominent midvein and conical beak; The fruit stalks are thick and straight. Seeds spherical, brown. It blooms in April and bears fruit in May.

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