Beta vulgaris |
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beet, chard, common beet, garden beet, sea beet, sugar beet |
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Roots | fibrous or fleshy. |
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Leaves | petiole 1/2–2/3 or equaling blade length; blade dark red to green, usually with pronounced midrib, somewhat fleshy. |
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Inflorescences | cymes, 1–8-flowered, interrupted towards base. |
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Achenes | 5–11 per cluster, 3–5 mm. |
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Seeds | 1.5–2 mm. |
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Perianth | urn-shaped; segments 3–5 × 2–3 mm; receptacle pelviform. |
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Beta vulgaris |
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Discussion | Subspecies ca. 3 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Distribution |
AL; CA; CT; MA; ME; NC; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; SC; VA; VT; WV; s Europe
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Parent taxa | Chenopodiaceae > Beta | ||||||
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 222. (1753) | ||||||
Source | Flora of North America vol. 4, p. 266. | ||||||
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