It looks like kohlrabi.

I think all "ornamental" cabbage --kale-- is edible in the sense of being nourishing. It is, however, among my least favorite vegetables. Too strong for me.

and one by one they disappeared. Someone was nipping them for dinner.
They were cut off too cleanly for rodentia. It was a student, I'm sure.

I remember the budget being kind of tight during my full time college stint, but geesh!!!! This offends my sensibility as a gardener! LOL!

Someone should have put up a camera.

I can just see the culprit on the defense stand, "Well, your honor. It was either swiping cabbages or swinging from a pole at the local strip joint."

I hope you'll post new picures as this plant develops. It is pretty. I'd like to see what becomes of it.

I love encountering ornamental cabbage because I get to make a joke about ornamental corn beef.