Gonocarpus montanus

Perennial herb, procumbent or ascending, 10–15 cm tall; stems 4-angled, sparsely pilose with short appressed hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3.5–10 mm long, 2–6 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely pilose basally, coriaceous, margins thickened, with 4–6 teeth; petiole 1–3 mm long; bracts opposite, becoming alternate, lanceolate, 2–4 mm long; bracteoles lanceolate, 0.8–1.5 mm long, red-brown, margins entire. Pedicel 0.2–0.5 mm long; sepals 0.9–1 mm long, margins thickened, basal callus weak; petals 1.5–1.8 mm long; stamens 4, opposite sepals, staminodes 4, c. 0.5 mm long, opposite petals, anthers 0.8–1.2 mm long; ovary ovoid, 1–1.5 mm long, silver-grey to reddish-purple, 8-ribbed, often with 2 oblique calluses between ribs, glabrous. Fruit 1.5–1.6 mm long, silver-grey. Flowers Nov.–Feb.