''Tetragonia moorei'' is a member of the genus ''Tetragonia'' and is endemic to

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. The annual herb has a prostrate to erect habit that typically grows to a height of . It blooms in August producing yellow-green flowers. The plant has a scattered distribution throughout the

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and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy or clay soils. The species was first formally described as ''Tetragonia tetragonoides'' by the

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in the work ''Revisio Generum Plantarum'' but had been misapplied. M. Gray reclassified it in 1997 in the article ''A new species of Tetragonia (Aizoaceae) from arid Australia'' in the journal '' Telopea''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q17248375 moorei Flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1997