The leaves of Spinach beet are used as a leaf vegetable and are eaten just like spinach.
Names
Scientific
Beta vulgaris vulgaris convar. cicla. var. cicla
English
Spinach beet
Dutch
Groene snijbiet
Rode snijbiet
Snijbiet
German
Beißkohl
Blatt-Mangold
Schnitt-Mangold
Taxonomy
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Beta
Species
Beta vulgaris vulgaris convar. cicla. var. cicla (Spinach beet)
Crop categories
Cool temperate crops
Leaf vegetables
Mediterranean crops
Minor crops
Subtropical crops
Temperate crops
Vegetables