Tetragonia tetragonioides
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Tetragonia tetragonioides, commonly called New Zealand spinach, warrigal greens or by its Māori name of Kōkihi, is a flowering plant in the fig-marigold family. It is often cultivated as a leafy veget
Tetragonia tetragonioides
Tétragone cornue in "Les plantes potagères" Vilmorin 1925
Flower
T. tetragonioides showing erect growth
Aizoaceae
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The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, are a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genera and about 1,800 species. Several genera are commonly named ice plants or carpet weeds
Tetragonia tetragonioides
…tetragonioides, commonly called New Zealand spinach, warrigal greens or by its Māori name of Kōkihi, is a flowering plant in the fig-marigold family (Aizoaceae). It is often cultivated as a leafy vegetable. It is a widespread species, native to eastern Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. It has been introduced…
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Mesembryanthemum guerichianum seedling, showing the epidermal bladder cells that inspired the name "ice plant"
Mesembryanthemum cordifolium or rock rose
Carpobrotus edulis, an "ice plant"