| Spinach was a better green vegetable than the goosefoots, sorrels, orach, and similar plants which were widely used in medieval Europe, and gradually usurped their place. |
| Consequently Goosefoots are often found in salt marshes, or in desert areas where water collects and then evaporates, leaving salts in the soil. |
| But two or three of the persicaria tribe are still in flower, and also some of the Goosefoots. |
