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Muehlenbeckia diclina (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Family Polygonaceae
Common name: Weeping Lignum

Muehlenbeckia diclina (F.Muell.) F.Muell. APNI*

Description: Slender, erect shrub to 1 m high, ± intricate, with slender wiry stems, older stems reddish, often glaucous, smooth or faintly striate or pitted.

Leaves not crowded, often shed early, occasionally hastate on young shoots, 0.5–6 cm long, ≤ 2 mm wide, apex acute, margins flat to incurved, ± papery, sessile.

Flower clusters separated at nodes, flowers 1 or 2 per cluster. Perianth divided for about three-quarters of its length, not thickened. Anthers 0.8–1.3 mm long.

Achene trigonous to subglobose, c. 3 mm long, smooth or wrinkled, black.


Habitat
Photo Karen L Wilson

Flower
Photo Karen L Wilson

Distribution and occurrence: One subpecies in rocky areas on the tablelands; the other subspecies on sand plains inland, often in mallee woodland.
NSW subdivisions: ST, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. S.A. W.A.
AVH map***

Text by K.L. Wilson (1990; edited Feb 2009)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW vol. 1 (1990)

Taxa not yet included in identification key
Muehlenbeckia diclina subsp. Gippsland (R.O.Makinson 1007) Makinson,    Muehlenbeckia diclina subsp. Pooncarie (W.E. Mulham W811)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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