Citation: Miller, Gard. Dict. edn 8 (1768).

Synonymy: Tetragonia zeyheri

Common name: Sea spinach.

Description:
Prostrate partly succulent undershrub with papillae and some hairs; leaves narrowed to the base, obovate or nearly orbicular, covered with glistening water-storage cells, 1-6 cm long.

Flowers in groups of 3-5 in the upper axils, on peduncles 3-10 mm long; perianth lobes 4, yellow inside, densely papillose outside; stamens 12 to numerous; styles usually 4.

Fruit flat on top, with 4 wings and smaller ridges between, dry, c. 10 mm long. (R. S. Adamson (1955) Jl S. Afr. Bot. 21:109-154).

Distribution:  along the coast. S.Aust.: SL, SE.   W.Aust.; formerly in Vic.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: throughout the year.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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