Asperula scoparia subsp. scoparia

Decumbent or ascending perennial, often loosely mat-forming; stems slender, to 15 cm long, densely pubescent with short straight hairs. Leaves and stipules sessile, c. equal, in whorls of 6, linear, mostly 3–9 mm long and to 1 mm wide, narrowly acute and pungent-pointed, surfaces sparsely scabrous, margins flat to recurved. Inflorescences terminal or upper-axillary cymes, mostly 3–5-flowered, usually shorter than leaves. Corolla 4–5 mm long on male flowers, c. 3 mm long on females, white; corolla-tube slightly longer than lobes. Fruit deeply 2-lobed; mericarps subglobose, 1–2 mm diam., rugose, blackish-brown. Flowers Sep.–Feb.