There are more than 30 kinds of green vegetables in China. The most common varieties are spinach, Shanghai green, fungus, lettuce, leek, chrysanthemum, mustard, celery, Chinese cabbage, coriander and so on. Spinach belongs to Chenopodiaceae, its roots are red and green, and auricularia auricula and lettuce belong to Compositae, with short growth cycle.

Shanghai Green, also known as Shanghai Green, Suzhou Green, Qingjiang Cabbage, Qingjiang Cabbage, Xiaotang Cabbage, Green Vegetable, Qingjiang Cabbage, Rape and Spoon Cabbage, is the most common Chinese cabbage variety in East China around Shanghai. Jiangsu and Zhejiang are also called green vegetables or small green vegetables. Shanghai green is a kind of Chinese cabbage with fewer leaves and more stems. The stems are as white as a gourd ladle. So Shanghai green is also called gourd ladle white.