Spinach

Spinacia oleracea

Spinach is a leafy green vegetable that is super healthy for your body. It grows in gardens and farms and can be eaten in salads, smoothies, or cooked dishes.

Lebensraum: Gardens, Farms

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The Spinach has vibrant dark green leaves that grow in a low rosette, often crinkled or slightly puckered in texture. Its broad, arrow-shaped foliage makes it easily recognizable among garden greens, differing from flatter leaf lettuces.

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Spinach

Kategorie

Pflanzen

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Ancient Persians enjoyed spinach over 2,000 years ago!

It's a cousin to beets and Swiss chard, not a lettuce!

Some spinach plants grow only male or only female flowers!

Spinach has a super-cool natural sun protection for itself!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Spinach can grow from seed to harvest in as little as 30 days, helping it provide food rapidly.

Spinach has a surprising tolerance for cool temperatures and even light frosts, allowing it to grow longer.

Spinach can pull many essential vitamins and minerals from the soil, storing them in its leaves.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 15-30 cm
Ausbreitung: 15-30 cm
Blütezeit: Spring-Summer
Essbar: Ja
Giftigkeit: Keine
Lebenszyklus: Einjährig
Bestäubungsmethode: Wind

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Garden snail

Helix aspersa

Snails munch on tender spinach leaves.

eaten by

Cabbage white butterfly

Pieris rapae

Caterpillars often feed on the leaves.

eaten by

European rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Wild rabbits can browse on garden spinach.

Merkmale

Frühlingsblüher

Frühlingsblüher bilden ihre Blüten im Frühjahr und kündigen oft das Ende des Winters und den Beginn neuen Wachstums an.

Laubbaum

Laubbäume sind Bedecktsamer, die sich durch flache, breite Blätter auszeichnen, welche in gemäßigten Klimazonen typischerweise jährlich abgeworfen werden.