Sugar beet
Beta vulgaris
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Beta vulgaris
- Group
- Eudicots
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Continent
- Europe, Asia, Africa
- Habitat
- Fields
- Form
- Herb
- Leaves
- Shed in winter
- Flower colour
- Inconspicuous
- Blooms in
- Summer
- Use
- Food
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- In 1747 the German chemist Andreas Marggraf showed that beets contain the same sugar as cane.
- It descends from the wild sea beet, a plant that grows on seashores in Europe and western Asia.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q151964 · All plants · All entries