Tetragonia cristata

Tetragonia cristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Genus:	Tetragonia
Species:	T. cristata
Binomial name
	Tetragonia cristata; A.M.Prescott

Last updated June 02, 2019

Tetragonia cristata is a member of the genus Tetragonia endemic to Australia.

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The annual herb has a prostrate habit and typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 30 centimetres (0.6 to 11.8 in) and has stems up of 60 cm (24 in) in length. It blooms between July and September producing yellow flowers.^[1]

Often found on clay flats and amongst granite outcrops it has a scattered distribution throughout the Mid West region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy or clay soils.^[1]

Granite A common type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock with granular structure

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The Mid West region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is a sparsely populated region extending from the west coast of Western Australia, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north and south of its administrative centre of Geraldton and inland to 450 kilometres (280 mi) east of Wiluna in the Gibson Desert.

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References

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

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