Species
Leafy strawberry spinach
Blitum virgatum (Chenopodium foliosum)
Varieties
1 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foliosum (Strawberry spinach)BSI-FL33028 | — |
| Details |
The Foliosum reference belongs to the strawberry-spinach context of Blitum virgatum, formerly Chenopodium foliosum.
Flowers and foliage
Leaf-like bracts remain throughout the inflorescence, with rounded flower clusters in their axils. As the fruits develop, the surrounding perianth becomes red and fleshy. This differs from Blitum capitatum, whose leafy bracts are concentrated at the inflorescence base.
Leafy bracts along the stem
Foliosum (Strawberry Spinach) is retained as the actual seed reference in this catalogue group.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Chenopodium
- Common names
- lamb's quarters (goosefoot)
- Synonyms
- Agatophyton Fourr., Blitum Hill, Botrys Rchb. ex Nieuwl., Einadia Raf., Rhagodia R.Br., Vulvaria Bubani
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Chenopodium
- Species
- Chenopodium spp.