1 What is
1.1 Life Span
Biennial or Perennial
Perennial
1.2 Type
Vegetable
Flowering Plants
1.3 Origin
1.4 Types
Leaf beet, Seakettle beet, Spinach beet
Aconitum napellus
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Cultivated Beds
Damp shady woods, meadows
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
Clump-Forming
Oval or Rounded
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
2.1.2 Minimum Width
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Dark Green, Green, Orange, Red, White, Yellow
Not Available
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
White, Yellow, Red, Green, Orange, Dark Green
Not Available
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
White, Yellow, Red, Green, Orange, Dark Green
Not Available
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Not Available
Not Available
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Not Available
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Not Available
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Not Available
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
Spring
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
Do not let dry out between waterings
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Not Available
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Not Available
4.6 Sun Exposure
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
Apply 10-10-10 amount
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Cercospora leaf spot, Damping off, Darkling beetles, Downy mildew
Red blotch
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
Insignificant
Not Available
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
5.12 Allergy
dark circles, Diarrhea, Runny nose, Vomiting, wheezing
poisonous if ingested, Toxic
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Ground Cover
Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Moisturizing, Remove blemishes, Slow downs aging, Speed hair growth
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Antitumor, Carminative, Haemostatic, Stomachic, Tonic
Analgesic, Anodyne, Diaphoretic, Homeopathy, Used as a sedative
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
6.2.3 Other Uses
Cultivated for fodder, Eaten as a pot herb, Used to make juice
Not Available
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Bedding Plant, Container, Edible, Herb / Vegetable, Mixed Border
Not Available
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
BETA vulgaris ssp. cicla
Aconitum
7.2 Common Name
Swiss Chard
aconite, monkshood, wolf's bane, leopard's bane, mousebane, women's bane, devil's helmet, Queen of all Poisons, blue rocket
7.2.1 In Hindi
7.2.2 In German
7.2.3 In French
Chard suisse
Queen of all Poisons
7.2.4 In Spanish
Acelgas
Queen of all Poisons
7.2.5 In Greek
Σέσκουλο
Queen of all Poisons
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Acelga suíça
Queen of all Poisons
7.2.7 In Polish
7.2.8 In Latin
Swiss Chard
Queen of all Poisons
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheobionta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
Caryophyllales
Ranunculales
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Core eudicots, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
8.10 Number of Species