Asperula aristata

Short description: Species of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae

Asperula aristata

Above Stalden at the path to Törbel, Valais, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Gentianales
Family:  | Rubiaceae
Genus:  | Asperula
Species:  |

A. aristata

Binomial name
Asperula aristata

L.f.

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]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Subspecies
* 3 Cultivation
* 4 References

## 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. ↑ 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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