Scientific Name: Gonocarpus teucrioides

Common Name: forest raspwort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Haloragaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb, rough to touch, with short, spreading hairs. Stems are erect or sometimes prostrate; leaves are opposite and serrated, 8-15mm long.

Height (m): 0.3 – 0.6

Flowers: Pink/red, solitary, on short, thread-like stalks.

Fruit: Nut – 1.5mm long, grey, with 4 prominent ribs. Only 1 seed usually matures.

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Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Widespread and abundant, especially in wet, shaded 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.