长柄柳叶菜(原亚种) chang bing liu ye cai (yuan ya zhong)

Herbs perennial, variable, with fleshy elongated basal turions that leave leathery, ovate scales 6-8 × 4-6 mm. Leaves with petioles 3-10(-15) mm; cauline blade elliptic to oblong or lanceolate, 2.2-5 × 0.8-1.8 cm, base cuneate to broadly so, margin weakly denticulate with 9-25 teeth per side, apex subobtuse. Inflorescence strigillose, sometimes with glandular hairs. Stigma broadly clavate to subcapitate. Capsules 4-6 cm, sparsely strigillose. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 36.

Damp areas near streams, roadsides, ditches in mountains; 1800-2200 m. Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Russia; SW Asia, Europe].