Scientific Name: Muehlenbeckia adpressa

Common Name: climbing lignum

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Polygonaceae

Form Description: Climber with stems twining, leaves crowded, alternate, glabrous, may have reddish tonings, margins usually crinkled, apex pointed .

Height (m): 0.3 – 4

Flowers: Cream to green, 2-5 per cluster, in axillary spikes to about 8cm long. Flowers most of the year.

Fruit: Nut – small, ovoid, black or dark red-brown, 3-angled, glabrous. Nuts are enclosed in a small cone-shaped structure to 5mm long.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCircular HeadDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Occurs mainly on the coast and is often very prominent but may also be found further inland.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

General Notes

Tolerates sunshine but does best in semi-shade. Copes well with salt spray and strong winds and is a useful screening climber.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

May be propagated from seed but has poor results. Nuts release easily when ripe. Collect by hand.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be propagated from cuttings of firm young growth which strike readily.