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Galium liratum N.A.Wakef.
Family Rubiaceae
Galium liratum N.A.Wakef. APNI*

Description: Creeping or procumbent annual or biennial; stems several, 15–30 cm long, with retrorse prickles or ± glabrous.

Leaves and stipules in whorls of 4, rarely 5, obovate to elliptic, 10–15 mm long, 2.5–5 mm wide, apex obtuse-mucronate to broadly acute, lamina sparsely hairy; conspicuously petiolate.

Inflorescences 1–5-flowered; peduncles to 1 mm long; pedicels 0.5–1.5 mm long, straight to ± curved. Flowers 1–1.4 mm long, white.

Fruit c. 1.3 mm long, with 5–7 irregular longitudinal ribs.


Habit
Photo J. Miles

Flower
Photo J. Miles

Type
Specimen

Flowering: usually winter–spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in moist sites in sclerophyll forest or woodland, often among rocks; south from Armidale.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, CWS
Other Australian states: Vic.
AVH map***

Text by T. A. James & W. K. Allen
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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