莙荙菜（Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla），即叶用甜菜，俗语又叫牛皮菜、猪乸菜，苋科菾属的耐寒性一年生或二年生草本叶菜，是甜菜的一个变种。常见于地中海料理。

莙荙菜原产欧洲南部，公元5世纪由阿拉伯传入中国。虽然菜叶常绿，但其叶柄颜色多变，有绿色、红色等多种颜色。莙荙菜的营养价值非常高，而且经过裁培后，菜的营养都聚集到叶片，而不是像甜菜那样聚在根茎。因此，莙荙菜被誉为是最健康的菜，常用于健康餐单里。

Chard (Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, Cicla-Group and Flavescens-Group) is a leafy green vegetable often used in Mediterranean cooking. In the Flavescens-Group-cultivars, the leaf stalks are large and are often prepared separately from the leaf blade. The leaf blade can be green or reddish in color; the leaf stalks also vary in color, usually white, yellow, or red. Chard has highly nutritious leaves making it a popular addition to healthful diets (like other green leafy vegetables). Chard has been around for centuries, but because of its similarity to other beets and some other vegetables such as cardoon, the common names used by cooks over the centuries can be quite confusing.