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Beach Spinach
Tetragonia trigyna
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
New Zealand SpinachTetragonia tetragonoidesStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| New Zealand | 1,702 |
|---|---|
| Wellington Region | 496 |
| Manawatu-Wanganui Region | 433 |
| Otago Region | 230 |
| Canterbury Region | 172 |
| Auckland Region | 106 |
| Northland Region | 63 |
| Taranaki Region | 62 |
| Waikato Region | 27 |
| West Coast Region | 27 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales |
| Family | Stone plants · Aizoaceae |
| Genus | Seacorals · Tetragonia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Beach Spinach with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.