Tetragonia decumbens   Sea Spinach

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Regarded as an environmental weed in Western Australia, this alien from South Africa is found in other parts of coastal Australia. In western Australia is its found at the coast from around Kalbarri to about Margaret River with some on the south coast too. As its name Spinach suggests, it can be eaten after boiling fresh new shoots and leaves.

 

Tetragonia decumbens

Tetragonia decumbens Sea Spinach

Coast near Margaret River, Western Australia 23rd August 2007

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Tetragonia decumbens Sea Spinach

Coast near Margaret River, Western Australia 23rd August 2007

Added on 20th April 2012

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