Vegetable Seeds and Seedling ID

vegetable seeds and seedling ID

AGH 343 Vegetable Production

Preview Vegetables Classified by Common Name Botanical Name
See Tables that Classify Vegetables by Family Edible Portion Pollination Methods

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Common Name
Asparagus Basil Bean (Snap) Beet Broccoli Cabbage Carrot Corn (Sweet)	Cucumber Eggplant Lettuce Muskmelon Mustard Onion Parsley Pea (English)	Pepper (Bell) Pumpkin Radish Southern Pea Spinach Squash (Summer) Watermelon
Botanical Name
Allium cepa Asparagus officinalis Beta vulgaris Brassica juncea Brassica oleracea var. italica Brassica oleracea var. capitata Capsicum annuum Citrullus lanatus	Cucumis melo Cucumis sativus Cucurbita pepo/argyrosperma Cucurbita pepo Daucus carota Lactuca sativa Ocimum basilicum Petroselinum crispum	Phaseolus vulgaris Pisum sativum Raphanus sativus Solanum melongena Spinacia oleracea Vigna unguiculata Zea mays

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Asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

Basil

Ocimum basilicum

Bean (Snap)

Phaseolus vulgaris

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Beet

Beta vulgaris

Broccoli

Brassica oleracea var. italica

Cabbage

Brassica oleracea var. capitata

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Carrot

Daucus carota

Corn (Sweet)

Zea mays

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

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Eggplant

Solanum melongena

Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Muskmelon

Cucumis melo

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Mustard

Brassica juncea

Onion

Allium cepa

Parsley

Petroselinum crispum

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Pea (English)

Pisum sativum

Pepper (Bell)

Capsicum annuum

Pumpkin

Cucurbita pepo/agyrosperma

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Radish

Raphanus sativus

Southern Pea

Vigna unginuculata

Spinach

Spinacia oleracea

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Squash (Summer)

Cucurbita pepo

Tomato

Lycopersicon esculentum

Watermelon

Citrullus lanatus

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Family

Liliaceae	Laminaceae	Fabaceae	Chenopodiaceae	Brassicaceae	Apiaceae
Asparagus	Basil	Bean (Snap)	Beet	Broccoli	Carrot
Onion		Pea (English)	Spinach	Cabbage	Parsley
		Southern Pea		Mustard
				Radish
				Turnip

Alliaceae	Poaceae	Cucurbitaceae	Solanaceae	Asteraceae	Malvaceae
Onion	Corn (Sweet)	Cucumber	Eggplant	Lettuce	Okra
		Muskmelon	Pepper (Bell)
		Pumpkin	Tomato
		Squash (Summer)
		Watermelon

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Edible Portion

Leaf	Immature Pod and Seed	Immature Seed	Mature Seed	Mature (Ripe) Fruit	Immature (Young) Fruit
Basil	Bean (Snap)	Pumpkin	Pumpkin	Pumpkin	Pumpkin
Beet	Southern Pea	Pea (English)	Watermelon	Tomato	Eggplant
Cabbage		Watermelon		Watermelon	Okra
Carrot				Muskmelon	Squash (Summer)
Lettuce				Pepper (Bell)	Cucumber
Mustard
Parsley
Spinach

Immature Flower Stalk	Immature Kernels	Bulb	Enlarged Root	Root	Shoot
Broccoli	Corn	Onion	Turnip	Beet	Asparagus
Cauliflower				Carrot
				Radish

Tender Shoot
Pea

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Pollination

Insect	Self	Wind
Asparagus	Bean (Snap)	Beet
Basil	Lettuce	Corn (Sweet)
Broccoli	Okra	Spinach
Cabbage	Pea (English)
Carrot	Southern Pea
Cauliflower	Tomato
Cucumber
Eggplant
Muskmelon
Mustard
Onion
Parsley
Pepper (Bell)
Pumpkin
Radish
Squash (Summer)
Turnip
Watermelon

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