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Calyx absent Asperula
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“Leaves” mostly 4 in each whorl
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“Leaves” in each whorl more or less equal; obovate to oblanceolate, up to 10 mm long and 3 mm wide, glabrous or nearly so, obtuse or apiculate. Flowers in terminal or axillary cymes. Corolla c. 3 mm long. Mericarps black, glabrous. Perennial, dioecious, ascending herb with stems up to 20 cm long. Blue Mts Open forests and grasslands. Fl. summer Asperula gunnii