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Spinacia oleracea (Spinach) |
Spinacia oleracea (AMARANTHACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Spinacia oleraceaL. Published in Sp. Pl. 1027 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae
Juss. (The Amaranth Family) 42 species from the Amaranthaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Spinach | Maltese name(s) : | Spinaċi | Status for Malta : | Introduced plants cultivated for agricultural or horticultural purposes but sometimes can be occassionaly found as an escapee close to the site of their original cultivation | Frequency : | Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Summer | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Widely cultivated vegetable (Spinach) |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Agricultural areas, sometimes as an escape in surrounding or fallow fields |
Botanical Description: |
Stems up to 1 m or more, erect. Leaves ovate to triangular-hastate, entire or dentate. Bracteoles in fruit orbicular-obovate, usually wider than long, often with a divergent spine at the apex. |
Distributional range: |
Throughout most of Europe as an escape from cultivation, but rarely persisting |
Native region outside Europe: |
(?W. Asia.) |
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
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