Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Asperula cunninghamii
Common name
Twining Woodruff
Family
Rubiaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, and mallee. Western Slopes.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.30 m high, often climbing or trailing. Fruit more or less fleshy. Stems 4-angled, somewhat rough, with short curved hairs. Leaves in whorls of 6, 0.2–0.8 cm long, to 1 mm wide, more or less rough, tips pointed to blunt. Male and female flowers on separate plants. Flowers cream or white; male flowers 2–3 mm long; female flowers 1.5–2 mm long. Flowers funnel-shaped, with four lobes, in mostly 1–3-flowered tight clusters.
PlantNET description with line drawings: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Asperula~cunninghamii (accessed 28 April 2021)
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