Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Asperula pusilla
Alpine woodruff
Rubiaceae
Woodland, grassland, alpine herbfields, and among rocks, at higher elevations. ACT, the mountains to the west, and Kosciuszko National Park
Perennial herb to 0.10 m high or sprawling. Stems 4-angled, rough with scattered to dense hairs mainly on the ridges. 'Leaves' in whorls of 6-8, 0.2–0.8 cm long, 0.9-1.5 mm wide, often shiny, rough and hairy on the upper surface, margins curved down. Male and female flowers on different plants. Flowers with a funnel shaped tube and 3-5 white to pinkish lobes, the tube usually shorter than the lobes. Calyx tiny. Male flowers about 3 mm long; female flowers about 2 mm long. Flowers in 1–3-flowered clusters. Flowering: spring–autumn.
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~pusilla (accessed 28 April 2021)
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