Sarcozona praecox (F.Muell.) S.T.Blake ex H.Eichler

Erect shrub to 30 cm; branches angled; branchlets often tinged pink. Leaves acute or obtuse, 30–100 mm long, 4.5–7 mm wide, densely covered with small warts, glaucous with pink tinge at apex and along edges; adaxial surface flat; lateral surfaces convex; keel either smooth or denticulate throughout. Flowers sessile or pedicellate, on branchlets at right angles to main stem, almost enclosed in a bilobed oblong involucre except petal-like staminodes. Sepals 4, rarely 5; ovary oblong, terete, concave on top.

It grows on sandy loams, salt lakes and granite rocks. It grows in subtropical and warm temperate places.

The flowers and white flesh of the fruit are mixed with other foods in salads.