Scientific Name: Asperula conferta

Common Name: common woodruff

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Rubiaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb, stems short and densely crowded. Internodes shorter than leaves.

Flowers: White, borne on short stalks.

Fruit: 2 lobed mericarp

Municipality
BurnieMeander Valley
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Known only from the north-west coast in sandy soil at Woolnorth.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Seed Treatment Notes

May be propagated from seed without treatment.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be grown from cuttings.