Tetragonia tetragonoides
naturalizedAizoaceae

Tetragonia tetragonoides

New Zealand Spinach

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Tetragonia tetragonioides (previously T. expansa) is a leafy groundcover also known as Botany Bay spinach, Cook's cabbage, kōkihi (in Māori), New Zealand spinach, sea spinach, and tetragon. Its Australian names of warrigal greens and warrigal cabbage come from the local use of warrigal to describe plants that are wild (not farmed originally). It is native to Argentina, Australia, Chile, Japan, and New Zealand.

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Seasonality

Only 5 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 9 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 60 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 143 · GBIF 115 records
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 15 · GBIF 13
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 15 · GBIF 13
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 6
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 7
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 5
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4
Honokahua · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 3
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 3
Wailuku · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Anahola · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Punalau · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kawailoa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Māhāʻulepū · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Makanalua · MolokaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honokāne · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Papaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Ohanaula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1