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Tetragonia decumbens Mill.
Sea Spinach

Reference
Gard.Dict. Ed. 8 (1768)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Decumbent or trailing shrub (undershrub), 0.1-0.3 m high, to 2 m wide. Fl. yellow, Mar to Nov. White sand. Coastal & estuarine sand dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 October 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Perth, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Cambridge, Capel, Cockburn, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Denmark, East Fremantle, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Mandurah, Mosman Park, Murray, Northampton, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Stirling, Wanneroo, Waroona.