NZ spinach

Family: Aizoaceae
Scientific name: Tetragonia tetragonoides
Description: Plant Form Prostrate annual or perennial herb or shrub. Size Up to 2 m wide. Stem Soft, fleshy, becoming harder with age. Leaves Numerous fleshy, oval or diamond-shaped, 2-10 cm long, alternating along stem, warty and hairless. Flowers Small, green to yellow, at the leaf bases. Fruit and Seeds Green and fleshy when young but becoming woody with age. With 4-6 angles or winged. Containing numerous seeds. Habitat This native plant inhabits a wide range of habitats including dunes, coastal scrub, disturbed areas, gardens, semi-arid areas. Distinguishing Features Distinguished from also native Bower spinach (Tetragonia implexicoma) by having woody mature fruit and more rounded than star-shaped flowers. Weed Status: Non-weedy native lookalike Weed Type: Lifeform: Herbaceous

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