Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Gonocarpus humilis
Common name
Shade Raspwort
Family
Haloragaceae
Where found
Damp places. Coast, ranges, and tablelands. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.5 m high, or prostrate or sprawling. Stems to 70 cm long, weakly 4-ribbed, hairy or rough with spreading hairs that are warty at the base. Leaves opposite each other, 0.5–2.5 cm long, 5–12 mm wide, densely hairy with long spreading hairs, margins with 10–15 small teeth. Flowers yellow-green,, with 4 hooded petals each 0.8–1.5 mm long, and 4 stamens; sometimes also 4 stamens that do not produce pollen. Flowers in spike-like clusters. Flowers mainly Oct.–Dec. Seed cases silver-grey to purplish, oval, 1–1.5 mm long, 8-ribbed with 3 oblique hard protrusions between the ribs. (needs a hand lens or a macro app on your phone/tablet to see).
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=Gonocarpus~humilis (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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