Asperula Aristata
From Handwiki Short description: Species of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae
| Asperula aristata | |
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| Above Stalden at the path to Törbel, Valais, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Asperula |
| Species: | A. aristata
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| Binomial name | |
| Asperula aristata L.f.
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Asperula aristata is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as woodruff. It is native to Morocco, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia, Italy, Austria, Switzerland , France , Spain , and Portugal.[1]
Description
Asperula aristata appears as a long green plant, with small (1in) pale purple flowers, on long, thin, green, stems. It has thin, green, grass-like leaves. It flowers around May–June.
Subspecies
(As of March 2022), Plants of the World Online accepted the following subspecies:[1]
- Asperula aristata subsp. nestia Asperula aristata subsp. aristata
- (Fiori) Del Guacchio & P.Caputo
- (Rech.f.) Ehrend. & Krendl Asperula aristata subsp. scabra
- Asperula aristata subsp. condensata Nyman
- Asperula aristata subsp. calabra (Heldr. ex Boiss.) Ehrend. & Krendl
- (Boiss. & Heldr.) Hayek Asperula aristata subsp. thessala
Cultivation
Asperula aristata grows best in a rock garden, trough or crevice.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Asperula aristata L.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:743880-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q946987 entry
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Categories: [Asperula]
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