Suberect to spreading perennial; stems slender, to 30 cm long, flexuose, densely scabrous to glabrous. Leaves and stipules sessile, c. equal, in whorls of 6, linear to linear-oblanceolate, mostly 5–30 mm long and 1–2 mm wide, subacute to obtuse, surfaces virtually glabrous, margins recurved. Inflorescences terminal or upper-axillary cymes, mostly 2–6-flowered, usually shorter than leaves. Corolla c. 2 mm long on male flowers, c. 1.5 mm long on females, white; corolla-tube slightly longer than lobes. Fruit deeply 2-lobed; mericarps subglobose, 2–3 mm diam., glabrous, blackish-brown Flowers spring–summer.
Also Qld, NSW, Tas. Only 4 collections (all sterile) from Victoria (Breamlea, Little River, Smythes Range, Craigieburn) appear to belong to this species. Fertile material is required to confirm the presence of this species in Victoria.
Source:
Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Rubiaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 616–642. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
