Sea Beet

Sea Beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima) is a member of the family Chenopodiaceae, and is the wild ancestor of common vegetables such as beetroot, sugar beet and swiss chard. Its leaves have a pleasant texture and taste when served raw or cooked.

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It is a perennial plant which grows up to 1.2m, and flowers from July until September. Its flowers are hermaphroditic, and wind pollinated. It lives in the wild along some shores in Great Britain. It requires moist, well-drained soils, and does not tolerate shade.

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It is a maritime plant able to tolerate relatively high levels of sodium in its environment.

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Chenopodiaceae: Chenopodiaceae is a family of flowering plants. Although widely recognized in most plant classifications (notably the Cronquist system), the APG system (1998) and the APG II system (2003) have included these plants in the family Amaranthaceae on the basis of evidence from molecular phylogenies. So...

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Beetroot: The beetroot (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. vulgaris), also known as the table beet, garden beet, red beet or informally simply as beet, is one of the many cultivated varieties of beets and arguably the most commonly encountered variety in North America and Britain....

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