Einadia polygonoides

Family Chenopodiaceae

Prostrate perennial herb spreading to 1 m. Longevity 2 - 5 years

Flowers: December – April.

Fruit: Dry, pericarp clasping small black or brown seed, April.

Seed: Small flattend disc. Dispersed locally.

Gallery images: seed, seedling, rootstock, resprout

Ecology

• Woodland habitat.
• Common in woodland at the Australian Botanic Garden.
• Possibly coloniser species seedlings noted in woodland.
• Resprouts after fire.