Gonocarpus Thunb.

Flowers solitary in the axil of each bract. Fruit 1-locular, membranous Gonocarpus

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Bracts opposite, at least in the lower parts of the inflorescence

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Leaves linear, almost terete, 6–15 mm long, fleshy, glabrous or with a few hairs. Stems slender, wiry, erect, up to 35 cm high with drooping tips. All bracts opposite. Widespread. Wet ground Gonocarpus salsoloides

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Leaves lanceolate to orbicular, serrulate, scabrous, 5–20 mm long. Upper bracts alternate. Stems erect, up to 50 cm high. Widespread. Open forest and heath Gonocarpus teucrioides