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Muehlenbeckia axillaris
Also called Creeping Wire Vine
Sprawling wirevine is a low evergreen subshrub that forms wiry, matted mats up to about 1 metre across, native to New Zealand and southeastern Australia. It is grown mainly as a hardy, drought-tolerant ground cover that tolerates rocky ground and a range of light conditions.
Muehlenbeckia axillaris (creeping wire vine, sprawling wire vine, matted lignum) is a low evergreen shrub, forming wiry mats up to about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in diameter, native to New Zealand, and the Australian states of Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria. It has thin, red-brown stems, with glossy squarish to roundish leaves that are less than 1 cm (0.39 in) in diameter and 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) thick. Flowers are inconspicuous, yellowish-white, 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) in diameter, and borne in groups of up to three in the axils. The fruit is black, shiny, and up to 3.5 mm (0.14 in) long, produced in late summer to fall.
The plant is hardy, drought-tolerant, and quick-growing, thriving in a range of light conditions. It can be cultivated as a ground cover and grows well in rocky ground, as well as standard potting soil.
Climbing Lignum · Shrubby tororaro · Pōhuehue · Maidenhair vine · Leafless Pōhuehue · Wirevine · Ribbonbush · Muehlenbeckia sagittifolia · Tuggeranong Lignum · Maidenhair vine
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Muehlenbeckia axillaris 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.
