Noun: family Tetragoniaceae
- Succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
"The family Tetragoniaceae includes many drought-resistant plants";
- Aizoaceae, family Aizoaceae, Tetragoniaceae, carpetweed family
Type of: caryophylloid dicot family
Part of: Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales