Asperula gemella

Scrambling or often climbing perennial; stems slender, to 1 m long, usually glabrous. Leaves and stipules sessile, c. equal, in whorls of 4 on lower stems, stipules minute or absent above; leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, mostly 5–30 mm long and 1–5 mm wide, subacute, surfaces almost glabrous, margins revolute, rarely with a few tiny recurved hairs. Inflorescences terminal or axillary cymes, mostly 5–7-flowered, usually longer than leaves. Corolla 1.5–2 mm long on male flowers, 1–1.5 mm long on females, yellowish-green; corolla-tube very short. Fruit deeply 2-lobed; mericarps subglobose, 2–3 mm diam., rugose, brown to black. Flowers Sep.–Mar.