Beta vulgaris

Close up at Pauatahanui Inlet. Jun 2006.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>.

Miranda, Jan.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common name

Beet

Family

Amaranthaceae

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

NVS code

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BETVUL

Conservation status

Not assessed

Flower colours

Green

Year naturalised

1878

Origin

Coastal Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia

Etymology

beta: Origin uncertain, possibly from the Latin beta ‘beetroot’ or the Celtic bett ‘red’.

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