Muehlenbeckia adpressa

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|name = Climbing lignum

|image = Muehlenbeckia adpressa mobot31753002721329 0072.jpg

|image_caption = M. adpressa (as Polygonum adpressum
Plate 3145,Curtis's Botanical Magazine){{cite journal|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/495178 |title=Polygonum adpressum|journal=Curtis's Botanical Magazine|date=1832|volume=59|page=Plate 3145}}

|genus = Muehlenbeckia

|species = adpressa

|authority = (Labill.) Meisn.{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=MUEHLENBECKIA+ADPRESSA|title=Muelenbeckia adpressa |accessdate=2009-03-08 |work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}Meisner, C.D.F. (1843) Plantarum Vascularium Genera 1(2): 227

|synonyms={{hidden|List{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:694735-1|title=Muehlenbeckia adpressa (Labill.) Meisn. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2020-01-27}}|*Polygonum adpressum Labill.

• Calacinum adpressum (Labill.) Raf.
• Coccoloba appressa Meisn. ex Steud.
• Muehlenbeckia adpressa var. flexuosa (Meisn.) Benth.
• Muehlenbeckia adpressa var. rotundifolia Benth.
• Muehlenbeckia flexuosa Meisn.
• Polygonum appressum (Meisn. ex Steud.) Steud.
• Polygonum flexuosum (Meisn.) Kuntze
• Sarcogonum adpressum (Labill.) G.Don
• Sarcogonum depressum G.Don ex Loudon

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Muehlenbeckia adpressa, commonly known as climbing lignum, is a prostrate or climbing plant, native to Australia.{{cite web|url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Muehlenbeckia~adpressa|title=Muehlenbeckia adpressa|accessdate=2009-03-08|work=PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}} It has thin red-brown stems up to {{convert|1|m}} in length. The leaves are {{convert|1.5|-|6|cm}} long and {{convert|1.5|-|3.5|cm}} wide. It occurs in coastal areas of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.