Muehlenbeckia hastulata

Wirevine, Wirevine

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Wirevine is a naturalized shrub found in San Francisco Bay bioregion in disturbed areas, coastal bluffs, and sandy or rocky places at elevations below 500 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces white to green-white flowers small in size with perianth parts fused approximately one-quarter of their length. Growing with climbing or spreading stems up to 3 meters tall, the plant has green-brown stems with glabrous distal branches. Its leaves are approximately 2 to 4 centimeters long, 1.2 to 2.5 centimeters wide, with glabrous surfaces and entire or irregularly wavy margins ending in acute tips. The fruit is generally included, small, approximately 3 to 4 millimeters long, spheric in shape, and glossy black.

Habitat: Disturbed areas, coastal bluffs, sandy, rocky places

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: SnFrB, expected elsewhere

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.