Species name :

Spinacia oleraceaL.
Published in Sp. Pl. 1027 (1753)

Synonyms :

Basionym or principal synonym: Spinacia glabra Mill.

Full list of synonyms : [ Euro+Med ]   [ PlantList ]   [ IPNI ]   [ Catalogue of Life ]

Plant Family :

Amaranthaceae The Amaranth Family 42 Amaranthaceae species recorded from Malta.
Juss.

English name(s) :

Spinach

Maltese name(s) :

Swejda tal-baħar

Status for Malta :

Cultivated for agricultural or horticultural purposes but can be found in the wild as an escapee

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:

Inc

Habitat :

Agricultural areas, sometimes as an escape in surrounding or fallow fields

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):

Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) - Country codes

dSl [cAb(A) Ar aAu(A) nBl aBr aBu aBy Ca(C T) Cg Co aCr cCt Es aGa cGe aGr aHb(E) cHe Ho nHs dHs(S) aHu nIt La aLe nLi aLS Lt aMa cMo cNo cPo Rf(C E K N S) aRf(NW) cRm aSa nSi(S) Sk aSy Tn Uk(K U)]

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