Asperula affinis

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]

Asperula affinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

  1. "Asperula affinis Boiss. & A.Huet | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  2. "Asperula affinis". Retrieved 2020-03-07.


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