Scientific Name: Asperula subsimplex

Common Name: water woodruff

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Rubiaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Perennial herb with slender quadrangular hairless stems.

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.2

Flowers: White, in axils of leaves of upper whorls, solitary or in 2 or 3-flowered clusters.

Fruit: 2 lobed mericarp

Municipality
BurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceFlindersLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Riparian
Habitat Notes

Occasional but widespread on river banks and in marshy places.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Poorly-drained, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • 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 pre-treatment.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be propagated from cuttings.