Citation: Flowers: Dec., Jan.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Mountain woodruff.

Description:
Perennials without woody bases producing many soft herbaceous branches up to 20 cm long, moderately to much-branched, usually decumbent; stems quadrangular with a pronounced ridge which is mainly covered with short recurved hairs but becoming shorter to papillose on the nodes; 'leaves' and stipules about equal, in whorls of 5 or 6, rarely 4 at the apex, sessile, oblanceolate to elliptic, 4-8 mm long abruptly tapering into a terminal point, glabrous but papillose, with recurved margins, drying dark-green to black, erect to spreading later.

Inflorescence 1 or 2 terminal dichasia born at 2 terminal nodes, each with 2 or 3 flowers, shorter to slightly longer than the subtending 'leaves'; corolla white.

Fruit c. 1.5 mm long, 2-lobed but usually not breaking apart.

Distribution:    N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: Superficially the species is very similar to A. euryphylla but is distinguished by its glabrous leaves which turn dark-brown to almost black when dried.

Author: Not yet available