Asperula subsimplex

Prostrate or decumbent perennial; stems slender, to 30 cm long, usually glabrous. Leaves and stipules sessile, c. equal, in whorls of 4, linear to linear-lanceolate, mostly 4–12 mm long and to c. 1 mm wide, acute, surfaces virtually glabrous, margins flat or slightly recurved, sometimes with a few tiny curved hairs. Inflorescences terminal cymes, mostly 3–5-flowered, usually longer than leaves. Corolla 1.5–3 mm long on male and female flowers, white; corolla-tube c. as long as lobes. Fruit deeply 2-lobed; mericarps reniform, c. 2 mm long, rugose, brown. Flowers Oct.–Feb.