Tecticornia australasica (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Tecticornia australasica (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson

Tecticornia australasica (grey samphire) is a plant that occurs in scattered patches across Australia's tropical coastal areas.

Family

Amaranthaceae

Genus

Tecticornia

Order

Caryophyllales

Class

Magnoliopsida

About Tecticornia australasica (Moq.) Paul G.Wilson

Tecticornia australasica, which also goes by the common name grey samphire, grows in scattered intermittent patches across the tropical coastal regions of Australia.

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Taxonomy

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Amaranthaceae › Tecticornia

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Iresine rhizomatosa Standl.

Oxybasis urbica (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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