Description
Muehlenbeckia axillaris is a dense fast-growing groundcover or climber with small round shiny leaves, wiry stems, forms an attractive mat. Provides habitat for native copper butterflies. Birds and geckos love the fruit. Tolerant of wind a drought.
Often found in dry woodland plant communities that include but are not limited to Olearia paniculata , Pittosporum tenuifolium, Discaria toumatou, Melicytus alpinus, and Poa cita.
For more information on plant communities, we recommend DOC’s publication Native Plant Communities of the Canterbury Plains.
