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. It can sometimes be considered an agricultural weed outside of its native range. 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: Agricultural Lifeform: Herbaceous

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