Species
Strawberry spinach
Blitum capitatum (Chenopodium capitatum)
Varieties
1 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry spinachBSI-B28355 | — |
| Details |
Chenopodium capitatum is now placed in Blitum as Blitum capitatum. It is an annual whose small flowers form rounded clusters on terminal axes.
Flowers and foliage
Leaf-like bracts occur mainly at the inflorescence base, unlike the leafy inflorescences of B. virgatum. The perianth can become fleshy and red around the fruits, producing the strawberry-like appearance without belonging to the strawberry genus Fragaria.
Fruiting clusters and species identity
Strawberry Spinach is the capitatum seed reference in this assortment, separate from the leafy Foliosum reference.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Chenopodium capitatum
- Common names
- strawberry blite
- Synonyms
- Blitum virgatum subsp. capitatum (L.) Bonnier & Layens, Blitum virgatum var. capitatum (L.) Coss., Germ. & Wedd., Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Asch.
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Chenopodium
- Species
- Chenopodium capitatum