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Muehlenbeckia complexa

Botanic Family

Polygonaceae

Author

(A. Cunningham) Meissner

Common Names

• Wire Vine
• Wire Plant
• Maidenhair Vine
• Mattress Vine
• Necklace Vine
• Small-leaved Pohuehue

Geographical Habitats

• Norfolk Island - Australia
• New Zealand

Natural Habitats

• Coastal & lowland to lowers montane forest
• rocky places

Flowering Times

• Nov-Mar (New Zealand)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Mar (New Zealand)

Deciduous twining dioecious liane with 15mm racemes of small green-white scented flowers to 4mm long, fruit glossy black 2mm long. Leaves to 20mm long

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2