PLANTS Profile for Spinacia oleracea (spinach)

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PLANTS Profile

Spinacia oleracea L.
spinach

Symbol:

SPOL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
CAN		I

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More Information:

Distribution:
Spinacia oleracea L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, CT, KS, MA, ME, NC, NH, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA), CAN (AB, MB, NT, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Spinacia oleracea L.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 1 species in Spinacia

Classification:
Spinacia oleracea L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot family
Genus	Spinacia L. – spinach
Species	Spinacia oleracea L. – spinach

Introduced Information:
Spinacia oleracea L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Spinacia oleracea L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20709.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 07:41 AM MDT