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Tetragonia decumbens, Bunburry, Western Australia. By MurielBendel (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Multiple plants. By Consultaplantas (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Leaves. By Consultaplantas (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Tetragonia decumbens

Scientific Name

Tetragonia decumbens Mill.

Synonyms

Tetragonia zeyheri Fenzl.

Family

Aizoaceae

Common Names

dune spinach, sea spinach

Origin

Native to South Africa.

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in the coastal districts of southern Australia (i.e. in south-western Western Australia and south-eastern South Auatralia). It was also naturalised in coastal Victoria, but is now thought to be extinct in this state.

Notes

Sea spinach (Tetragonia decumbens) is regarded as an environmental weed in Western Australia and South Australia.

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