Chinese Spinach (Amaranthus tricolor)

Family: Amaranthaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Red. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Pyramidal, Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves, Shoots

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

mild flavour. — Leaves - raw or cooked.; Often used at the young seedling stage, they are also cooked as a spinach and have a very mild flavour.; An excellent hot weather substitute for spinach.; The leaves contain about 3.5% protein, 0.25% fat, 6.6% carbohydrate, 3.1% ash, 24mg iron per 100g, 464mg calcium per 100g, they are rich in vitamin A and have a fair content of vitamins B1 and C.

Habitat & North American Range

A widely cultivated plant, it is not known in a truly wild situation. (Zone 3)