Scientific Name: Muehlenbeckia gunnii

Common Name: forest lignum

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Polygonaceae

Form Description: Perennial twining plant with woody stems, often climbing over trees.

Flowers: Pale yellow 8-9mm across in straight leafy spikes several centimetres long.

Fruit: Nut – slightly succulent.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCircular HeadClarenceDevonportDorsetGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartHuon ValleyKentishLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleySouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Widespread in wet forests, along roadsides and in fern gullies; may be a nuisance blanketing other vegetation. Resistant to salt.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

General Notes

Can be used as a ground cover.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Cutting & Division Information

Propagated from cuttings of firm young growth.