Vegetable
Beta vulgaris maritima
A tier
Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima is wild sea beet, the ancestor of chard and beetroot: leathery, salty-green, a coastal forage. This leaf is the subspecies. Wild sea beet is the kitchen name. Garden chard is a descendant, not this leaf.
Track this ingredient
Unit
Characteristics
Preparations
Forage Cook
Traits
AncestorCoastIdentityLatinNot Chard HeadSalty GreenWild Subspecies
History
Wild sea beet was placed as the maritime subspecies of Beta vulgaris.
Foragers and botanic labels used the subspecies name.