Detail
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Muehlenbeckia adpressa
Climbing Lignum, Native Sarsaparilla
Notes

Uses: A fast growing climbing plant for
coastal parks and reserves. Useful as a screening plant and can be pruned if needed to control or train Requires well-drained soils.
Cultural uses: Seed ground into flour, and stem extract drunk for stomach problems by indigenous peoples.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

  
:LE: Lake Eyre     
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:FR: Flinders Rangers    
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 3-4m
  • Spread 0.8-1m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Polygonaceae
  • Botanical Name Muehlenbeckia adpressa
  • Common Name Climbing Lignum, Native Sarsaparilla
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, WA, Tas
  • Habit Spreading, Twining, Vigorous
  • Landscape Coast, 2nd line coast
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Heavy frost, Salt spray, Wind
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Yellow, Green
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
  • Flower Type Clusters
  • Purpose Wind protection, Screen, Ornamental, Bush food
  • Form Climber
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region