Scientific Name: Gonocarpus tetragynus

Common Name: common raspwort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Haloragaceae

Form Description: Perennial, much-branched, more or less rough-feeling herb with stems 15-50cm long, and toothed, lance-shaped leaves.

Height (m): 0.15 – 0.3

Flowers: Green to red, solitary in the leaf axils; 1-3mm across.

Fruit: Nut – 1.5mm long and grey, with scattered short hairs. Only 1 seed usually matures.

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Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Widespread and abundant in dry, stony places.

General Notes

Not widely grown.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings, Division

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Smoke Smoke treatment improves germination in some species. Smokey products, e.g. smokey vermiculite, can be purchased and applied to the sown seed, or sown seeds can be treated directly with smoke from a source such as a drum with a fire and hose.

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed germinates readily. Use fresh seed, smoke treatment improves results. Surface sow.

Cutting & Division Information

Usually propagated from cuttings.