Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Sea Beet, Beta vulgaris subsp maritima, Laíon na trá
Photographs: Co. Kerry

Sea Beet
Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima
Laíon na trá
Family: Chenopodiaceae

Flowering time: July-September. Perennial. Native.

Tiny green, sometimes reddish, petal-less flowers in narrow leafy spikes. The dark green leaves are shiny with the lower leaves triangular and the upper leaves narrow and untoothed. A sprawling, branched growth habit with fleshy stems that are sometimes red-tinged. To 100cm.

Coastal on rocks, sand and shingle beaches, sea walls and waste ground. Very occasionally recorded inland.

Sea Beet, Beta vulgaris subsp maritima, Laíon na trá

Sea Beet, Beta vulgaris subsp maritima, Laíon na trá
Sea Beet, Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima, Laíon na trá

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