Gonocarpus chinensis (Lour.) Orchard APNI* 
Description: Erect or ascending perennial herb 20–45 cm high; stems 4-ribbed, scabrous with sparse, appressed hairs.
Leaves decussate becoming alternate above, narrow-lanceolate to elliptic, 10–30 mm long, usually 2–6 mm wide, margins thickened, toothed, scabrous with sparse, appressed hairs; ± sessile.
Petals 1–1.5 mm long,
Fruit globose, up to 1 mm long, silver-grey to dark grey, 8-ribbed, covered with glistening papillae on and between the ribs.
Distribution and occurrence: Coastal areas in open, wet or swampy habitats; north from the Hawkesbury R.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by Peter G. Wilson
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