Amaranthaceae FAMILY
Beta vulgaris maritima
Beta vulgaris maritima
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Beta vulgaris maritima is an annual to biennial or perennial plant, of very varied habit, growing 30 - 120cm tall from a stout rootstock[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use as a food and sometimes also as a medicine. This plant is the wild ancestor of various cultivated forms including the beetroot, chards and sugar beet.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeCoastal areas of Eurasia from Sweden south to Spain, east to Turkey, the Levant and Azerbaijan; Macaronesia; N. Africa - Morocco to Egypt
HabitatBanks and shingle by the coast[ 5 Title Food for Free. Publication Author Mabey. R. Publisher Collins Year 1974 ISBN 0-00-219060-5 Description Edible wild plants found in Britain. Fairly comprehensive, very few pictures and rather optimistic on the desirability of some of the plants. ].