Asperula gussonei

Short description: Species of plant in the family Rubiaceae

Asperula gussonei

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Gentianales
Family:  | Rubiaceae
Genus:  | Asperula
Species:  |

A. gussonei

Binomial name
Asperula gussonei

Boiss.[1]

Synonyms[1]

Asperula gussoneana Boiss. ex Ces., Pass. & Gibelli
Asperula suberosa Guss.

Asperula gussonei, also known as alpine woodruff, is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It was first described in 1831[2] and is endemic to Sicily.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Growth cycle
* 3 History
* 4 References

## Description

Asperula gussonei appears as a small green moss-like plant, with small (1in) stemless pale pink flowers, it has a compact cushion of small, dark green, needle-like, leaves.

## Growth cycle

Asperula gussonei flowers around May-June, and grows best in a rock garden, trough or crevice.

## History

Alpine woodruff was first named by Pierre Edmond Boissier

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Asperula gussonei Boiss. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:744014-1.
2. ↑ "International Plant Names Index". https://www.ipni.org/n/744014-1.

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