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Tetragonia tetragonioides

About

Tetragonia tetragonioides (previously T. expansa) is a leafy groundcover also known as Botany Bay spinach, Cook's cabbage, kōkihi (in Māori), New Zealand spinach, sea spinach, and tetragon. Its Australian names of warrigal greens and warrigal cabbage come from the local use of warrigal to describe plants that are wild (not farmed originally). It is native to Argentina, Australia, Chile, Japan, and New Zealand.

Family
Aizoaceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Tetragonia tetragonioides
Slug
tetragonia-tetragonioides
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Aizoaceae
Genus
Tetragonia
Species
tetragonioides
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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