Tetragonia portulacoides Fenzl

Allied to T. nigrescens but much smaller, more slender and almost glabrous. Tuber cylindrical. Stems several, persistent at the base, usually prostrate, 10-30 cm long. Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, obtuse, narrowed to a petiole, the lower 1-2.5 cm long, 0.4-0.7 cm wide, the upper small. Flowers confined to the apical region, 2-7 in a terminal umbel, others usually in groups of 2-3 in the upper axils. Pedicels slender, papulose, 1-1.8 cm long. Perianth fawn-coloured, sometimes reddish outside, the segments 4 or 5, linear-oblong 3-4 mm long, densely papulose outside, concave inside, acute but apparently obtuse owing to the incurved tip. Stamens about half as long as the perianth: anthers pale yellow or fawn-coloured, oval. Styles 2-4, rarely 5, longer than the stamens, almost as long as the perianth. Fruit 4-winged, 0.6-1.7 cm long, 0.4-1.4 cm wide with no intermediate ridge or tubercle between the wings.