白花菜是安陆独特的地方蔬菜品种，栽培历史悠久。康熙《安陆县志》记载：“白花菜：夏月开小白花，可为齑，香味绝胜，有红梗白梗两种，红梗尤美，他处皆不及,亦土性异也。”全市各地均产，生产于府河两岸。1958年董必武来安陆品尝后倍加赞赏。
    白花菜又名香菜，含有特殊的白花菜素。《本草纲目》载："菜气膻臭，惟宜盐菹食之。”经腌制具有特殊香味。白花菜含有丰富的营养，经测定富含氨基酸（酸菜含百分之十五，腌菜含百分之十二），比常用蔬菜高十倍，比一般腌菜高3——6倍，磷、铁、钙等矿物质的含量比一般蔬菜高数倍，其综合营养成分可与豆类相比美。
  白花菜性喜向阳温暖，较耐旱，生长季节短，且再生能力强。近年来应用立体栽培技术，将白花菜与其他农作物间作套种，一年可播种3-4次，每种一次可采摘数次。亩产可达2000公斤左右。
   白花菜果夹似羊角，又叫羊角花，其花姿似蝴蝶飞舞，优美别致，又叫醉蝶花。既可做优良蜜源植物，又可人药。《本草纲目》记载：“主治下气，煎水洗痔，捣烂敷风湿庳痛，擂酒饮止症。”
   近年来，根据白花菜优良特点，人们将腌制的白花菜供应市场，改传统腌制为现代方法腌制，机械化生产成罐头和软包装产品，销售省内外。

                    The white cauliflower

     The white cauliflower is the unique variety of local vegetables in Anlu, culture has a long history. Kang Xi records" county annals of Anlu": "White cauliflower: Open and spend in vain small in summer, fragrant smell is won definitely, there are two kinds red stem white stems, The red stem is beautiful particularly, all the soil is different too as in the elsewhere. "All parts of the whole city produce , produce it in FUHE river two sides. Dong Biwu appreciated extraordinarily after coming to Anlu to have a trial test in 1958. The white cauliflower has another name called the coriander, it is plain to contain the special white cauliflower. " Compendium of Materia Medica" states : Dish the angry have a strong smell the bad smell,only should salt Zhyuan food. "Have special fragrant smell through pickling. White cauliflower contain abundant nutrition, through determine and rich in amino acid( pickled vegetable suck 15%, The salted vegetables includes 12%), ten times higher than the daily vegetables, higher by 3 than the general salted vegetables --6, phosphorus, iron, calcium,etc. content of mineral substance have several higher than general vegetables . The white cauliflower is liked on the sunny side warmly, relatively able to bear the drought, the season of growing is short, And recycled ability is strong. Use three-dimensional cultivation technique in recent years, white cauliflower and other crops intercropping interplanting, Can seed 3-4 times in one year, each kind can pluck it for several times once. The per mu yield can be up to about 2000 kilograms. The white cauliflower fruit is inserted as sheep's corner, also call sheep corner piece, its colored appearance is like butterflies and flutters, Beautiful and unique, also call the drunk butterfly flower. Not only can do fine nectariferous plants agreeable but also medicine. " Compendium of Materia Medica" is recorded: "Cure mainly and down angry , fry pile of water-washing , mash and apply rheumatism X ache, Hit the wine and is drunk and stops the disease . "In recent years, according to white cauliflower fine characteristic, people supply the market with white cauliflower that pickle, Change tradition pickle and pickle for modern method, mechanized to produce the can and soft-packing product into, Sell inside and outside the province.