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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.

image of FSA1_Muehlenbeckia_adp2.jpg twig, male flower and range of leaves
Image source: fig. 96 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
image of FSA1_Muehlenbeckia_adp3.jpg Muehlenbeckia adpressa
Image source: pl. 3right in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
image of FSA1_Muehlenbeckia_adp.jpg Fruiting perianth (above) and fruit
Image source: fig. 95a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, fig. 296.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: No flowering time is available


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