Tetragonia fruticosa

Tetragonia fruticosa is a soft, woody subshrub. Its long, sprawling branches cover the ground by the sea and in summer-dry places, a service of value to animals and other plants not so good at coping with bare sandy ground by themselves.

The small yellow flowers are insect friendly although lacking petals. The inner sepal surfaces provide the colouring of effective bush-neon advertising (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2010; Manning, 2007; iNaturalist).