CAT-00059
Warrigal greens
Tetragonia tetragonioides
Catalog fields
- Genus
- Tetragonia
- Photo
- Not recorded
- Edible
- Yes
- layout
- single
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Published
- Yes
- Food group
- Leaf vegetable
- Latin name
- Tetragonia tetragonioides
- Fruit photo
- Not recorded
- Plant title
- Warrigal greens
- Source URLs
- https://tuckerbush.com.au/plants/vegetable-plants/; https://tuckerbush.com.au/warrigal-greens-tetragonia-tetragonioides/; https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A364795-1 Open source ↗ Open source 2 ↗ Open source 3 ↗
- Catalogue ID
- CAT-00059
- Mature width
- 200cm
- Native range
- Australian coastal and disturbed habitats; also found beyond Australia.
- Plant family
- Aizoaceae
- Supplier SKU
- Not recorded
- Listing group
- Common bush-food crop
- Mature height
- 20cm
- Native states
- NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
- Original list
- No
- Research date
- 10/10/2026
- Research notes
- Profile enriched from botanical/nursery sources. Dimensions are unpruned regional estimates where available; missing measurements remain explicit. Seasons are regional guides and vary with climate, location, cultivar and plant maturity. Drought and cultivation guidance are qualitative garden inferences, not measured ratings.
- Evidence status
- Nursery food-use source; preparation detail review pending
- Fruiting season
- Dry fruits after flowering
- Background photo
- Not recorded
- Edible component
- Young leaves and shoots; cooked
- Flowering season
- Spring-summer.
- Brief description
- Spreading succulent-leaved herb used as a cooked green.
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate; regular water improves leaves.
- Preparation notes
- Blanch or cook leaves and discard cooking water to reduce soluble oxalates.
- Flower description
- Small yellow flowers in the leaf axils.
- General cultivation
- General guidance (qualitative): Good warm-season edible bed or pot plant; blanch leaves and discard water.
- Botanical description
- Not recorded
- Other botanical names
- Not recorded
- Attracts birds and bugs
- Native bees and insects visit flowers; canopy shelters birds.
- Flora of Australia profile
- Not recorded
- Fruit type and description
- Hard angular dry fruits containing seeds; leaves are the main food crop.
- Flora of Australia citation
- Not recorded
- Flora of Australia retrieved
- Not recorded