Blitum glabate [3] , or Mary capitate , or Zhminda capitate [4] ( lat. Blítum capitátum , Chenopódium capitatum ) is an edible annual herbaceous plant, a species of the genus Zhminda ( Blitum ), isolated from the genus Marie of the Amaranth family. Also known as "strawberry spinach" [5] .
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Distribution
The species comes from North America, and is distributed throughout the United States and Canada , right up to Alaska . It also grows in Europe and New Zealand .
Description
The flowers are small, fleshy, bright red. Overgrown perianth (mistaken for fruits) are edible, taste like strawberries . Juice was used in ancient times as a dye. Fruits contain small black lenticular seeds 0.7–1.2 mm long [6] .
Leaves can be eaten raw. However, moderation should be observed since they contain oxalates . Seeds in large quantities can be toxic [7] .
The capitate is capillary undemanding to soils, preferring sunny places. Frost resistant. Propagated by self-seeding. It is drought-resistant, but with a lack of moisture, its fruits become dry.
Taxonomy
Blitum capitatum L. Species Plantarum 1: 4 . 1753.
Synonyms
- Blitum petiolare link
- Blitum tataricum Mill.
- Blitum terminale stokes
- Blitum virgatum var. capitatum (L.) Coss. , Germ. & Wedd.
- Chenopodium capitatum ( L. ) Asch.
- Morocarpus capitatus ( L. ) Scop.
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ In many classifications, Marevye are considered as an independent family. APG classification systems based on molecular analysis of DNA include it in the Amaranth family.
- ↑ Mayevsky, 2014 .
- ↑ Nikolaeva M.G., Pautova I.A. Brief Dictionary of Russian Plant Names / Ed. ed. Corr. RAS N. N. Tsvelev ; RAS; Nerd. Institute of them. V. L. Komarova. - SPb. : Rostock , 2002. - S. 28. - ISBN 5-94668-012-9 .
- ↑ "Your 6 acres", N 12, 2001. Archived copy of February 25, 2009 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Johnson, Derek. Plants of the Western Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland / Derek Johnson, Linda Kershaw, Andy MacKinnon ... [and others. ] . - Lone Pine Publishing, 1995. - ISBN 1-5510-5058-7 .
- ↑ Strawberry-blite (Chenopodium capitatum) . Northern Bushcraft . Date of treatment April 27, 2011. Archived September 2, 2012.
Literature
- Zhminda // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Mayevsky P.F. Flora of the middle zone of the European part of Russia: A manual for the biological departments of universities, pedagogical and agricultural universities . - 11th ed., Rev. and add .. - M .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK, 2014. - S. 92-93. - 635 s. - ISBN 978-5-87317-958-9 .
Links
- Blitum capitatum (English) : Tropicos taxon information
- Blitum capitatum : information on the taxon in the Plantarium project (identifier of plants and an illustrated atlas of species).