Muehlenbeckia axillaris

Glabrous, prostrate or nearly prostrate subshrub, forming loose mats to c. 40 cm diam., stems dark and wiry. Leaves more or less orbicular or broadly elliptic, sometimes broadly emarginate, 4–9 mm long, bright green; petioles 1–4 mm long. Flowers usually solitary, or up to 3 in upper axils, pedicels not or barely exceeding the subtending bract; perianth segments 2–3 mm long, opening widely, yellow-green, free almost to base, subfleshy in fruit; anthers pink. Nut trigonous, 2–3 mm long, smooth, dark brown to black. Flowers Dec.–Feb.