Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Asperula euryphylla
Common name
None
Family
Rubiaceae
Where found
Moist sites in woodland and grassland. Kosciuszko National Park and south.
Notes
Perennial herb, sprawling to prostrate, stems to 0.3 m long. Stems 4-angled, rough hairy. Leaves in whorls of 6–8, 0.4–1.5 cm long, 1.5–6 mm wide, midrib narrow, tips pointed to blunt. Male and female plants on different plants. Flowers white, with a funnel-shaped tube and 4 lobes, the tube about as long as the lobes or slightly shorter. Male flowers 2.5–4 mm long; female flowers 1–2 mm long. Flowers in 3–7-flowered clusters. Flowering: October–December.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Asperula~euryphylla (accessed 28 April 2021)
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