Tetragonia erecta Adamson

Parva suffruticosa erecta. Caulcs e base ramosi angulati. Folia oblonga obtusa breviter petiolata. Flores axillares solitarii sessiles. Stamina 4-10. Stylus 1, basi conico circa dimidio perigonii aequilongo. Fructus ovoideus vix carinatus. A small suberect plant 10-15 cm high, with many erect stems from the base. Stems pale-coloured, distinctly ridged. Leaves oblong, 0-3.1 cm long, 0.3-0.4 cm wide: petiole 0.1-0.2 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary, sessile. Stamens 4-10: anthers linear-oblong, pale yellow. Style 1, on a cone at least half as long as the perianth. Fruit ovoid, 4-5 mm long, 2-3 mm diam., smooth when fresh, obscurely 4-ridged when dry.