Tetragonia coronata

Tetragonia coronata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Genus:	Tetragonia
Species:	T. coronata
Binomial name
	Tetragonia coronata; Rye & Trudgen

Last updated June 02, 2019

Tetragonia coronata is a member of the genus Tetragonia and is endemic to Australia.

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. The population of 25 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

The annual herb has a decumbent habit. It blooms in July producing yellow flowers.^[1]

Often found among calcrete outcrops it has a scattered distribution throughout the Gascoyne region of Western Australia where it grows in clay loam soils.^[1]

The Gascoyne region is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It is located in the north west of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne. The Gascoyne has about 600 km (370 mi) of Indian Ocean coastline; extends inland about 500 km (310 mi); and has an area of 138,000 km² (53,000 sq mi), including islands.

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References

1 2 "Tetragonia coronata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.

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[FloraBase-1] 1 2 "Tetragonia coronata". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.