Biology:Asperula aristata

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

Asperula aristata
Asperula aristata RF.jpg
Above Stalden at the path to Törbel, Valais, Switzerland
Scientific classification edit
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.[citation needed] 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

Wikidata ☰ Q946987 entry