Species
Mitsuba
Cryptotaenia japonica
Varieties
1 entriesCryptotaenia japonica is a perennial Apiaceae whose Mitsuba name refers to its three-part leaves.
Flowers and foliage
The leaves consist of three toothed leaflets, rather than one three-lobed blade. Small white flowers are carried in umbels on stems rising above the foliage. Shaded conditions favour its green foliage, while strong sun can cause yellowing.
Three leaflets and flowering umbels
Mitsuba is the offered species seed reference in the wholesale herb list.
At a glance
Species profile
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Cryptotaenia japonica
- Common names
- japanese cryptotaenia, japanese honewort, mitsuba, ya er qin, 반듸나물, 파드득나물
- Synonyms
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- Cryptotaenia canadensis f. atropurpurea, Cryptotaenia canadensis f. dissecta, Cryptotaenia canadensis f. warabiana, Cryptotaenia canadensis subsp. japonica, Cryptotaenia canadensis var. japonica, Cryptotaenia japonica f. dissecta, Cryptotaenia japonica f. pinnatisecta, Cryptotaenia japonica f. warabiana, Cryptotaenia japonica var. atropurpurea, Cryptotaenia japonica var. dissecta, Cryptotaenia japonica var. warabiana, Deringa dissecta, Deringa japonica
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Cryptotaenia
- Species
- Cryptotaenia japonica