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Shade Raspwort
Gonocarpus humilis
Gonocarpus humilis, commonly known as shade raspwort, is a small herb in the genus Gonocarpus of the family Haloragaceae. Shade raspwort is common along the eastern coast of Australia, and grows in moist and shaded locations. The leaves have a rough and scabrous surface, giving the plant the common name raspwort.
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Description
G. humilis is a variable monoecious perennial herb, reaching up to 50cm tall. It ranges from erect to prostrate or semiprostrate, with stems up to 70cm. Stems are ribbed, hairy or rough, with spreading hairs that are warty at the base. Flowers are yellow-green, with four hooded petals and stamens, each 0.8–1.5 mm (0.031–0.059 in) long. Leaves are opposite and decussate with toothed margins 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long, 5–12 mm (0.20–0.47 in) wide and shortly petiolate with a scabrous surface. The fruit is a silver-grey to purplish nut, oval in shape and 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long. It has eight ribs with two to three hard protrusions between them.
Range & habitat
G. humilis is widespread along the eastern coast of Australia, and occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. It also occurs on Kangaroo Island.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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