(Spinacia oleracea) Garden Spinach is an annual which belongs to the plant family Chenopodiaceae. In good soil the plant puts out a luxuriant growth of succulent edible leaves that are rich in iron, vitamin C and other minerals. It grows from 30 to 60 cm. high. The leaves grow from the base of the plant in an alternate rosette form and are narrowly oblong. The male flowers are on spikes and the sessile or stalk-less female flowers are located in the axils of the leaves.
Parts Used: The leaves and leaf-stalks
