| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Leaves: | Broadleaf |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Fall |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Vegetable |
| Edible Parts: | Roots |
| Eating Methods: | Cooked |
| Dynamic Accumulator: | P (Phosphorus) Ca (Calcium) S (Sulfur) Mn (Manganese) Zn (Zinc) Cu (Copper) |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Days to germinate: 10 to 21 |
| Pollinators: | Self Bees |
| Parentage: | Dates back to 1800s Vertus, a city in Northeast France. It is commonly called just Vertus Marteau. |
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