Vegetable
celery cabbage, Chinese cabbage, napa cabbage, nappa cabbage, Peking cabbage, pe-tsai, Shantung cabbage
True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
Globose
Reddish
Reticulum with stipplesStipples:
Numerous small dots or specks.
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
rises slightly above the seed surface.
Seeds are spherical. Reticulum is flattish with small interspaces containing stipplesStipples:
Numerous small dots or specks.
. StipplesStipples:
Numerous small dots or specks.
on interspaces are small, roundish, and shiny.
Seed of this species is considered noxious only as a contaminant. Check individual states for interpretations.
State Noxious Weed: Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont
Restricted in Georgia. Check individual states for interpretations.
Not included
Brassicaceae
Brassica rapa L. subsp. pekinensis (Lour.) Hanelt
Brassica campestris L. subsp. pekinensis (Lour.) G. Olsson
Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Rupr.
