Biology:Asperula affinis

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Rubiaceae

Asperula affinis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Asperula
Species:
A. affinis
Binomial name
Asperula affinis
Boiss. & A.Huet

Asperula acuminata is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as Woodruff, and is endemic from NE. Turkey to Transcaucasus,[1] and was first named by Boiss. & A.Huet. [2]

Description

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

Growth cycle

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15400432 entry