Species

Beta vulgaris

Etymology

Beta: Origin uncertain, possibly from the Latin beta 'beetroot' or the Celtic bett 'red'.

Common Name(s)

beet

Family

Amaranthaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

BETVUL

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Green

Year Naturalised

1878

Origin

Coastal Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia


This page last updated on 28 Apr 2011