Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Asperula gunnii
Common name
Mountain woodruff
Family
Rubiaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, heath, grassland, and alpine herbfields, usually in damp sites, often in swamps. At higher altitudes. Ranges, tablelands, ACT, the mountains to the west, and Kosciuszko National Park
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.20 m high or sprawling. Stems 4-angled, with conspicuous ridges, more or less rough with short, curved hairs, particularly on the angles. 'Leaves' in whorls of 4-6, mostly 0.4–1 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, hairless, margins curved down and with rigid short hairs, midrib on the underside with rigid short hairs. Male and female flowers on different plants. Flowers sweet scented. Flowers with a funnel shaped tube and 3-5 white or creamy lobes. Calyx tiny. Male flowers about 3 mm long; female flowers about 2 mm long. Flowers in 2- or 3-flowered clusters. Flowering: spring-summer.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Asperula~gunnii (accessed 28 April 2021)
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