Citation: Willd., Neue Schr. Ges. naturf. Freund. Berl. 4:181 (1803).

Synonymy: T. crystallina (in error for chrystallina) sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 342 (1948); T. crystallina (Forsskål)Vahl var. clavata J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 47:369 (1923); T. triquetra Willd. var. clavata (J. Black)H. Eichler, Suppl. 136 (1965).

Common name: Red spinach, small hogweed.

Description:
Sparsely beset with papillae or almost glabrous, with branches to c. 40 cm long; leaves flat or succulent and clavate, oblong or linear to obovate, 4-20 mm long (incl. petiole).

Flowers c. 4 mm long, ribbed; the lobes mucronulate and scarious on the margin, 1-2 mm long, white to pink; stamens 5, alternate with the lobes.

Capsule c. 2 mm long, obliquely circumsciss, enclosed in the perianth, thickened and cup-shaped at the summit, with the style in the middle of the depression; seeds flat, wrinkled, obliquely superposed.

	Fruiting perianths; perianth and pistil; circumsciss capsule.
Image source: fig. 122 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  It may be an introduction in the SL region.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Tas.   Africa; Asia. Conservation status: native Flowering time: throughout the year.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: T. humillima F. Muell., which appeared in J. Black (1948), is actually a moss, correctly identified as Gigaspermum repens (Hook.)Lindb.

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