Common beet
चुकन्दरബീറ്റ് റൂട്ട്
Beta vulgaris L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- 33 cm
Amaranthaceae
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNC State Extension lists it as non-toxic to dogs, cats and horses (25 Oct 2026)
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Biennial or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Azores, W. Europe to Medit. and IndiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 20 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- GreenRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- French
- betterave
- Chinese
- 莙荙子, 菾菜, 根菾菜
- Catalan
- bleda-rave
- Czech
- řepa obecná
- German
- Beta-Rübe
- Finnish
- ruokajuurikas
- Dutch
- strandbiet, Strandbiet en Biet
- Russian
- свёкла обыкновенная
- Slovenian
- navadna pesa
- Simplified Chinese
- 甜菜, 菾菜
- Hindi
- चुकन्दर, चुकंदर
- Malayalam
- ബീറ്റ് റൂട്ട്
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Beta vulgaris (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.