Arabis sagittata

(Bertol.) DC.

BrassicaceaeLeaves

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

Edible Parts: Leaves Edible Uses: Young leaves - cooked.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows on dry limestone slopes.

Albania, Asia, Europe, Mongolia, Slovenia,

Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, Belarus, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Malta, Maldives, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A cabbage family herb. It can grow for 2 or more years. It grows 60 cm tall. The leaves are in a ring near the base and the leaves on the stem have very short stems.

How to Grow

Propagation: Seed - it is best to surface sow the seed as soon as it is ripe in a light position in a cold frame. Seed can also be sown in spring. It usually germinates in 2 - 3 weeks at 21°c. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer. Division after flowering. Very easy, the divisions can be planted out straight into their permanent positions if required. Cuttings in a shady border in summer.

Medicinal Uses

None known

Other Uses

None known Special Uses

Wikipedia

A biennial or perennial herb reaching 0.6 m (2 ft) tall. Frost-hardy with hermaphroditic flowers pollinated by bees and butterflies. Grows in light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils with good drainage. Tolerates mildly acidic, neutral, and basic soils. Adapts to semi-shade or full sun and handles both dry and moist conditions.

Notes

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

Names & Synonyms

Kopjastolistni repnjak

Arabis hirsuta subsp. sagitatta (Bertol.) Rchb.Turritis sagitatta Bertol.

References (2)

Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
Urgamal, M., Oyuntsetseg, B., Nyambayar, D. & Dulamsuren, Ch. 2014. Conspectus of the vascular plants of Mongolia. (Editors: Sanchir, Ch. & Jamsran, Ts.). Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. “Admon“ Press. 334pp. (p. 79-90).