Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima - Sea beet

Sea beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima) is the wild ancestor of beet and chard, a coastal herb of Mediterranean and Atlantic shorelines. Its young leaves are eaten as a spinach substitute, becoming bitter as they mature.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food

Type

• Herb
• Annual
• Perennial

Footnotes

1. Beta vulgaris maritima | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸