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Scientific Name
Muehlenbeckia gunnii
Family Name
POLYGONACEAE
Common Name
Macquarie Vine
Status
Height
10.0m (1000cm)
Flowers
Pale yellow 8-9mm across in straight leafy spikes several centimetres long.
Fruit
Nuts
Form
Perennial twining plant with woody stems, often climbing over trees .
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Circular Head; Clarence; Devonport; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Fern Gullies; Roadsides; Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes
Widespread in wet forests, along roadsides and in fern gullies; may be a nuisance blanketing other vegetation. Resistant to salt.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Shady
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
Fertile; Loam; Well-drained
General Notes
Useful as a ground cover. Not suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Fruit slightly succulent
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
May be grown from seed.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
Also grown from cuttings.
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