Common name: Wrinkle-nut Lignum
Muehlenbeckia rhyticarya F.Muell. ex Benth. APNI* Synonyms: Muehlenbeckia rhyticarya F.Muell. subsp. rhyticarya APNI*
Description: Erect or decumbent low shrub to 1.5 m high, with stems red-brown, smooth or finely striate, to 15 mm diam.
Leaves with lamina broad-ovate to semicircular, 2–12 cm long and wide, strongly glaucous, margins flat or slightly undulate, usually not crisped; petiole 1–6 cm long.
Inflorescences concentrated towards apex of main branches, 4–20 cm long. Perianth occasionally succulent. Anthers 1.0–1.7 mm long.
Achene trigonous to triquetrous, 3–5 mm long, black, ± dull, strongly transversely wrinkled.
Distribution and occurrence: in locally moist situations in forests and on rocky slopes.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld Vic.
Text by K.L. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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