| Family | AIZOACEAE |
| Genus species | Tetragonia decumbens Mill. |
| Bibliography | Gard, Dict. ed. 8: n.° 2 (1768) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | sands |
| Altitude | 0-10m |
| Description | branchlets procumbent, ramose, papilose, hirsute or glabrescent, leaves alternate, shortly petiolate, ovate to suborbiculate, 1-8cm, flowers axillary of 3-5, pedicellate |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | yellowish |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aizoon perfoliatum L.f. Tetragonia obovata Haw. Tetragonia perfoliata (L.f.) Druce Tetragonia tetrapteris Haw. Tetragonia zeyheri Fenzl |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |