Asperula conferta

Common Woodruff at Gungahlin, ACT

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Identification history

	Asperula conferta	17 Oct 2015	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	7 Oct 2015	JasonC

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5 comments

MattM wrote:

7 Oct 2015

Is that perhaps the garden weed Sticky Willow?

KenT wrote:

7 Oct 2015

I think you have an Asperula sp. I find them difficult to tell apart, one needs good photos of the right characters. The key I use is here: http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/documents/Muelleria_27(1),_p36-115,_Thompson,_Asperula__Galium.pdf Others with more experience with this genus may be able to recognise it from the images you have

JasonC wrote:

7 Oct 2015

looking at the other Asperula images in the site i agree it probably is one - no doubt the common one!

MattM wrote:

9 Oct 2015

Hehe. That goes along with my motto: "If in doubt, it's probably the really common one..."

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

18 Oct 2015

Galium either has leaves in whorls of 4 or if more leaves then the hair leaf are like prickles, the stems are also 4 angled. Asperula has leaves in whorls of 5-6 with fine hairs along margins of leaf. So this is indeed Asperula conferta

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101 - 1,000 Abundance
6 Oct 2015 10:24 PM Recorded on
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Asperula conferta Scientific name
Common Woodruff Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1207.98m Recorded at altitude
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In flower

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