Agricultural, Vegetable
common beet
Multigerm seed ballSeed ball:
This is the result of the fruit becoming embedded into the flower receptacle as found in Chenopodiaceae. Seed balls with more than one fruit embedded are multigerm as in garden beets.
Irregularly globose
Brown
Very rough
ReceptacleReceptacle:
The usually enlarged upper portion of the pedicel to which the parts of the flower are attached.
tissue, operculum covering single-seeded fruitsFruit:
A mature ovary and any associated parts.
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Flowers are embedded in the receptacleReceptacle:
The usually enlarged upper portion of the pedicel to which the parts of the flower are attached.. Each flower can be detected by an operculum covering its single-seeded fruitFruit:
A mature ovary and any associated parts.. If there is only one fruitFruit:
A mature ovary and any associated parts., the term used is "monogermMonogerm:
A sugar beet 'seed' (botanically a fruit embedded in receptacle tissue) containing only one ovule in contrast to a multigerm 'seed,' which represents aggregate fruit containing several ovule units (see seed ball).
", or "multigerm" when more than one fruitFruit:
A mature ovary and any associated parts. is present in the same receptacleReceptacle:
The usually enlarged upper portion of the pedicel to which the parts of the flower are attached..
Not listed
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Chenopodiaceae
Beta vulgaris L.
Beta maritima L.
Beta vulgaris L. ssp. maritima (L.) Arcang.
