Twiggy Lignum: Leaves

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Shrubs & Bushes

Order:

Betalains (Caryophyllales)

Family:

Knotweed (Polygonaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Twiggy Lignum (Muehlenbeckia diclina)

This Photo:

🔍Leaves🔎

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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