Swiss Chard


Chard
220px Chard in the Victory Garden swiss chard
Red chard growing at Slow Food Nation
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked): eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Amaranthaceae
Subfamily:Betoideae
Genus:Beta
Species:B. vulgaris
Subspecies:B. vulgaris subsp. cicla
(L.) W.D.J.Koch [155][163]
Synonyms[178][186]

Chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla),[221] is a leafy green vegetable many times used in Mediterranean cooking. While the leaves are always green, chard stalks vary in color. [231] Chard has been bred to have highly nutritious leaves at the expense of the root (which is not as nutritious as the leaves). [239] Chard is, in fact, considered to be one of the healthiest vegetables available and a valuable addition to a healthful diet (not different from other green leafy vegetables). [247] Chard has been around centuries, nonetheless because of it is matching to beets is difficult to determine the precise evolution of the dissimilar varieties of chard. [257]

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