- Muehlenbeckia axillaris
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Muehlenbeckia axillaris 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Polygonaceae Genus: Muehlenbeckia Species: M. axillaris Binomial name Muehlenbeckia axillaris
(Hook. f.) Walp.Muehlenbeckia axillaris (creeping wire vine, sprawling wirevine, matted lignum) is a low shrub, forming wiry mats up to about 1 m in diameter, native to New Zealand, and Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria in Australia.[1] It has thin, red-brown stems, with squarish to roundish leaves that are less than 1 cm in diameter, and 2–4 mm thick. Flowers are yellowish-white, 4-8 mm in diameter, and borne in groups of up to 3 in the axils. Fruit is black, shiny, and up to 3.5 mm long.
Synonyms
- Pseudanthus tasmanicus
References
- ^ "Muehlenbeckia axillaris". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Muehlenbeckia~axillaris. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- Gen. Pl. Suppl. 4(2): 51 (1848)
External links
Categories:- Muehlenbeckia
- Caryophyllales of Australia
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of Tasmania
- Flora of Victoria (Australia)
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