Beta macrocarpa Guss.

Spice

Family: CHENOPODIACEAE

Genus: Beta

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Therophytic communities.

Characteristics: This beet differs principally from the rest of the beets as its leaves are very developed up to the apex of the inflorescence; normally the inflorescences of the other members of the beet genus are tapered or with small linear leaves.