Common name: New Zealand Spinach, Native Spinach, Warrigal Greens
Tetragonia tetragonioides (Pall.) Kuntze APNI* Synonyms: Tetragonia expansa Murray APNI*
Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze APNI*
Demidovia tetragonoides Pall. APNI*
Description: Prostrate spreading annual or short-lived perennial.
Leaves rhombic to lanceolate, to 10 cm long, to 5 cm wide, papillose, semisucculent; petiolate.
Perianth lobes 4 or 5, c. 2 mm long. Stamens distributed evenly or ± gathered in groups. Styles 5–10.
Fruit subglobose, 10–12 mm diam., woody, winged; wings mostly 4–6, usually 2 larger than the rest; seeds numerous, pyriform, light brown.
Distribution and occurrence: Although typically coastal, this species is also found in sandy soils in the Brigalow belt, also recorded at Menindee.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NWS, CWS, NWP, LHI
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A.
See Bush foods of New South Wales for more information. This taxon seems to contain more than one entity; they can be distinguished by stamen number and other characters.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & J. Highet
Taxon concept: A. Prescott (1984)
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