Family: Polygonaceae
Muehlenbeckia adpressa
Citation:
Meissner, Pl. vasc. gen. 227 (1840).
Synonymy: Muehlenbeckia adpressa, Polygonum adpressum Common name: Climbing lignum, (native) sarsparilla.
Description:
Stems woody at base, procumbent or usually twining over other plants; leaves petiolate, orbicular or ovate, minutely crisped on edges, cordate at the base, 1.5-6 cm long.
Racemes interrupted towards the base, usually forming leafy panicles.
| twig, male flower and range of leaves
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Image source: fig. 96 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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| Muehlenbeckia adpressa
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Image source: pl. 3right in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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| Fruiting perianth (above) and fruit
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Image source: fig. 95a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, fig. 296.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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