Stats

Lifespan: Annual
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Central Asia
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

Spinach is a fast-growing leafy vegetable native to central and western Asia, harvested as compact rosettes of dark-green, nutrient-dense leaves. Its cells are unusually rich in dietary nitrates, compounds that convert to nitric oxide in the body and measurably boost muscular endurance.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Spinacia
Species: Spinacia oleracea