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Creeping raspwort is a low, mat-forming perennial herb with tiny opposite leaves that root at the nodes, found in damp heath and swampy ground. It suits moist, open spots in the garden or a wet-soil container, and is more of a native groundcover than a common ornamental.
Gonocarpus micranthus commonly called creeping raspwort is a prostrate, ascending or erect perennial herb in the family Haloragaceae. It is native to Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, South-east Asia, Japan and the Himalaya.
Gonocarpus micranthus occurs across Australia from the Fleurieu Peninsula in S.A. through Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland. It is also found in New Zealand, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, Japan and the Himalayas. The subspecies ramosissimus is restricted to coastal regions of east coast states of Australia with a number of specimens also identified in Southwest Western Australia.
Chinese raspwort · Gonocarpus effusus · Hill Raspwort · Gonocarpus hirtus · Shade Raspwort · Mat Raspwort · Mountain Raspwort · Common Raspwort · Raspwort · Raspwort
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gonocarpus micranthus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
