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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = Sea Beet<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]<br /> | familia = [[Amaranthaceae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Beta (plant)|Beta]]''<br /> | species = ''[[Beta vulgaris|B. vulgaris]]''<br /> | subspecies = '''''maritima'''''<br /> | trinomial = ''Beta vulgaris'' ssp. ''maritima''<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The '''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 [[chard|Swiss chard]]. Its leaves have a pleasant texture and taste when served raw or cooked.<br /> <br /> It is a [[perennial plant]] which grows up to 1.2 m, 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.<br /> <br /> It is a maritime plant able to tolerate relatively high levels of sodium in its environment.<br /> [[Category:Leaf vegetables]]<br /> <br /> {{vegetable-stub}}</div>

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