| Scientific Name: | Beta vulgaris (Conditiva Group) |
| Common Name: | garden beet |
| Family Name: | Amaranthaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Biennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Green, Sep |
| Fruit: | Multiple fruit, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Swollen rounded taproot that is commonly purple-red (some cvs. red with white strips or all yellow); leaves basal with long petioles in the first year, most blades ovate, 6-10(-15)cm long x 4-7cm wide, margins wavy, in second year leaves alternate on the flowering stem. | |