Twiggy Lignum: Full Bloom

Twiggy Lignum (Muehlenbeckia diclina ssp diclina)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Betalains (Caryophyllales)

Family:

Knotweed (Polygonaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Twiggy Lignum (Muehlenbeckia diclina ssp diclina)

This Photo:

Full Bloom

Synonym:

Muehlenbeckia diclina ssp diclina

Other name:

Weeping Lignum

Thank you (InsideRelic) & Prof Karen L Wilson AM for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
There seems to be a change in that the sub-species isn't recognised any more, with some movement of Muehlenbeckia genus to Duma.

This species is classed as

VU (Vulnerable)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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