Cultivated Beet
Patellifolia procumbens
- Native to:
- Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Libya, Madeira, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Selvagens, Sicilia, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Tunisia, Western Sahara
drawing: M. Lespiault,Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich,Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich,Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich,Irvine, Alexander, 1793-1873,Mackay, James Townsend,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,Botanicheskiĭ sad (Akademi︠︡ia nauk SSSR : Leningrad, R.S.F.S.R) Fischer, F. E. L Meyer, C. A. (Charles Aloysius), 1909- n 80032575 Trautvetter, E. R,Thunberg, C.P. (Carl Peter), 1743-1828. (NL-LeOCL)070149100 Müller, Johann Gottfried (Leipzig) prt (NL-LeOCL)077149246,Salter, Thomas Bell, 1814-1858 Royal College of Surgeons of England,Schröter, Joseph,Patch, Edith M. (Edith Marion), 1876-
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus:
- Patellifolia
- Species:
- Patellifolia procumbens
- USDA Symbol:
- BEPR
Growth Characteristics
- Life Cycle:
- Annual
- Growth Habit:
- Forb/herb
- Height:
- 30 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Medium
- Bloom Months:
- jun,jul,aug
- Bloom Colors:
- green
- Ground Cover:
- Yes
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Salt Tolerant:
- Yes