Citation: Druce, Rep. Botl Soc. Exch. Cl. Br. Isl. 1916:636 ( 1917).

Synonymy: M. stenophylla F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 1:138 (1859); M. polygonoides F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 5:73 (1865); Polygonum diclinum F. Muell., Trans. Phil. Soc. Vic. 1:23 (1855).

Common name: Twiggy (or weeping or slender) lignum.

Description:
Erect shrub with numerous slender wiry branches; leaves 2-4 cm long or more, c. 1 mm wide, lanceolate or linear and usually plano-convex or trigonous.

clusters 1-3-flowered, axillary; female flowers shortly pedicellate; perianth divided to the base into segments c4 mm long and succulent in fruit.

Nut almost globular, obtuse, black, smooth or rugulose.

	Fruiting perianth (above) and fruit
Image source: fig. 95d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 230.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: throughout the year.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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