Family Index

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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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Sep

Oct

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Seed Collecting Months

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

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Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

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.