Tetragonia nigrescens flower profiles

Seen from the side, Tetragonia nigrescens flowers show a little of their perianth segment hairy outsides, as well as of their smooth, yellow insides. The segments or perianth lobes curve in at their acutely pointed tips.

The thick, curved styles, erect in the flower centre, are yellow and feathery from the multitude of papillae covering them. Many stamens lean outwards around the styles. They are tipped with flat-edged, elliptic anthers, pale yellow-beige in colour.

Below the perianth lobes the flower base is inversely cone-shaped and deeper green than any other floral parts in view. The longest visible hairs appear on the flower stalk, haphazard in direction and length, as hairs in need of a comb. Notable shine is present in the large water cells of a leaf margin in picture (Manning, 2007; Le Roux, et al, 2005; iNaturalist).