Beta trigynaWaldst. & Kit. - Kır Pazısı
Scientific Description:
Glabrous perennial herb, over 1 m. Basal leaves with very long petioles, elongate-cordate, the upper triangular-cordate to elongate-deltoid, crinkled along their margins. Inflorescence paniculate, often condensed, many-flowered. Flowers 3−5 mm, uniting in groups of 2−3, with lanceolate bracts. Perianth segments large, broad, petaloid; the lower, united part of the perianth short, not angled.
Flowering time: May−July.
Habitat: Steppe, roadsides, cultivated land, s.l.−2200 m.
Reference:
Aellen P (1967).Beta trigyna Waldst. & Kit.,In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 297.
Public Description:
Beta trigina, commonly known as “beet”, grows naturally in Central Europe, the Balkans, Southern Russia, the Crimea, the Caucasus and Iran. It is a glabrous perennialherb with 3−5 mm size flowers uniting in groups of 2−3. It blooms May and July, and is found in steppe, roadsides, cultivated land.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2018). https://turkiyebitkileri.com/tr/foto%C4%9Fraf-galerisi/view-album/214.html, Accessed date: 01.02.2018.
Anonymous 2 (2018). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=Beta+trigyna,Accessed date: 01.02.2018
Yaprak A E (2012). Beta L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 23–24.