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, [1] known as woodruff. [2] 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. [3]
Asperula aristata appears as a long green plant (10cm-60cm high), [1] with small (1in) pale purple flowers, on long, thin, green, stems. It has thin, green, grass-like leaves. It flowers around May–June.
As of March 2022 [update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following subspecies: [3]
Asperula aristata grows best in a rock garden, trough or crevice.
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, [1] known as woodruff. [2] 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. [3]
Asperula aristata appears as a long green plant (10cm-60cm high), [1] with small (1in) pale purple flowers, on long, thin, green, stems. It has thin, green, grass-like leaves. It flowers around May–June.
As of March 2022 [update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following subspecies: [3]
Asperula aristata grows best in a rock garden, trough or crevice.