Amaranthaceae FAMILY

Beta trigyna

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Beta trigyna is an erect, herbaceous perennial plant producing one to several stems 50 - 100cm long from a large rootstock[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It could be of value in plant breeding programmes.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Ukraine and the Balkans to the Caucasus, Turkey and Iran

HabitatSteppe, roadsides, seacoasts, cultivated land and grassy places in Turkey[ 93 Title Flora of Turkey. Publication Author Davis. P. H. Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 1965 ISBN - Description Not for the casual reader, this is an immense work in many volumes. Some details of plant uses and habitats. ]. Occasionally persists in fields in Britain[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].