Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Tetragonia tetragonoides
Common name
New Zealand spinach, Native spinach, Warrigal greens
Family
Aizoaceae
Where found
Beaches, among rocks, and the margins of coastal lakes. Coast. Sydney area away from the coast. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Annual or short lived perennial herb, prostrate, branches to about 1 m. long. Stems warty, fleshy when young. Leaves somewhat fleshy, alternating along the stems, 2-10 cm long, 10-50 mm wide, prominently warty, hairless. Flowers with 4-5 green to yellow 'petals', each about 2 mm long. Flowers single or in pairs. Flowers most of year. Fruit 4-6 winged or angled, at first green and fleshy but becoming pale brown and hard.
Alternative spelling is Tetragonia tetragonioides.
PlantNET description (as Tetragonia tetragonioides): http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Tetragonia~tetragonioides (accessed 3 May 2021)
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