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Patellifolia is a small genus of annual or perennial herbs in the beet family, mostly low, spreading plants from coastal areas of the western Mediterranean, Macaronesia and North Africa. It is mainly of interest as wild relatives of sugar beet rather than as a garden plant, so care details below are generic and the genus is not commonly grown.
Patellifolia is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Betoideae of the family Amaranthaceae. These are mostly procumbent herbs occurring in the Western Mediterranean region and Macaronesia, with some isolated occurrences in North Africa and at the Horn of Africa. They are of interest as crop wild relatives of sugar beet.
Patellifolia is mainly distributed in the Western Mediterranean region (Spain, Morocco), Macaronesia and Cape Verde Islands. There are also some isolated occurrences in North Africa (Hoggar Mountains and Tassili n'Ajjer, Libya), and in the Horn of Africa region (Socotra, Somalia).
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