The leaves of Chard have thick and fleshy midribs and are used as a vegetable.
Names
Scientific
Beta vulgaris vulgaris convar. cicla. var. flaviscens
English
Chard
Swiss chard
Dutch
Warmoes
Spanish
Acelga
French
Bette
Blette
German
Rippen-Mangold
Römischer Mangold
Stiel-Mangold
Italian
Bietola
Taxonomy
Genus
Beta
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Order
Caryophyllales
Crop categories
Vegetables
Leaf vegetables
Food crops
Temperate crops