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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
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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