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Muehlenbeckia adpressa
Climbing lignum is a slender, wiry subshrub from coastal southern Australia that scrambles over other plants or the ground, with thin red-brown stems and small leaves. It grows easily in well-drained soil in full sun and tolerates salt and wind.
Muehlenbeckia adpressa, commonly known as climbing lignum, is a prostrate or climbing plant, native to Australia. It has thin red-brown stems up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in length. The leaves are 1.5–6 centimetres (0.59–2.36 in) long and 1.5–3.5 centimetres (0.59–1.38 in) wide. It occurs in coastal areas of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.
Shrubby tororaro · Pōhuehue · Sprawling wirevine · Maidenhair vine · Leafless Pōhuehue · Wirevine · Ribbonbush · Muehlenbeckia sagittifolia · Tuggeranong Lignum · Maidenhair vine
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Muehlenbeckia adpressa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
