Trianthema triquetrum

Trianthema triquetrum (orthographic variant Trianthema triquetra) is a plant in the Aizoaceae family, found in the Sahara, the Sahel, South Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Thailand, Indonesia and all the mainland states and territories of Australia,^[1] except Victoria.^[2]

Trianthema triquetrum
near Narran Lake Nature Reserve
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Aizoaceae
Genus:	Trianthema
Species:	T. triquetrum
Binomial name
Trianthema triquetrum Willd. ex Spreng.
Synonyms[1]
Trianthema glandulosum Peter Trianthema glaucifolium F.Muell. Trianthema sedifolium Vis.

It was first described by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1803.^[3][4]

The species epithet, triquetrum, is a Latin adjective, which describes the plant as having three corners.^[5]