What is Beet?
{{Speciesbox | image = Koeh-167.jpg | image_caption = ''Beta vulgaris'' subsp. ''vulgaris'' | taxon = Beta vulgaris | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''Beet''' (''Beta vulgaris'') is a plant with a round or [[carrot]]-shaped root. There are various varieties of this plant. The commonest is red beetroot, a [[root vegetable]] eaten by humans. An older variety was called mangel wurzel or [[mangelwurzel]]. This was used as fodder for [[cattle]]. Another variety is [[sugar beet]] used as a source of [[sugar]]. {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Root vegetables]] [[Category:Amaranthaceae]]