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New Zealand Spinach
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succulent annual (Tetragonia expansa) of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and S South America, grown for the edible leaves. The plant grows prostrate, often spreading to cover several feet.
( New Zealand Spinach )
There are 2 kinds of spinach: the common, most familiar kind which is a hardy annual, and the lesser known New Zealand spinach, which is a tender annual (and really not a true spinach).
New Zealand Spinach is a half-hardy annual, a native of New Zealand, sometimes used as a substitute for Spinach during the summer months, but decidedly inferior to it. It is unrelated to the Spinach, belonging to the Picoideae.
New Zealand Spinach [English]: Tetragonia tetragonioides
New Zealand Spinach [English]: Tetragonia tetragonoides
New Zealand Strawflower [English]: Helichrysum bellidioides
New Zealand Tea [English]: Leptospermum scoparium ...
There are four types of spinach often available that include the common spinach, New Zealand spinach, Chinese or Asian spinach, and water spinach. Common spinach has flat thin leaves, thin stalks and a medium green color.
Two heat-tolerant spinach substitutes are New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides, in the Tetragoniaceae), and Malabar spinach (Basella rubra, in the Basellaceae). Both are totally unrelated to spinach, but look a lot like it.
New Zealand Spinach, Tetragonia
Oca, New Zealand yam, Oxalis tuberosa
Peruvian parsnip, Arracacia xanthorrhiza
Rhubarb, ''Rhuem rhabarbarum
Sea beet, Beta vulgaris ssp.maritima
Sea kale, Crambe maritima
Sorrel, Rumex acetosa ...
1989, #3 pp 3-5, 6
Rediscovered Vegetables: New Zealand Spinach. 1989 #3, p 5
The Research Corner: a Superior Tomato; Grafting Help. 1983 #1, p 17
Wild Fruit of South Africa Part I. By Ian Hartland. 1975 #1, pp 13-16 ...
 See also: Spinach, Vegetables, Green, May, India
  
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