| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Asperula nitida Sm. |
| Synonyms | Asperula saxatilis Lam. |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 100-2500m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves dense, of 4, linear, subcurvate, attenuate, aristate, flowers in head or in 1-3 remote whorls, bracts lanceolate, aristate, corolla lobes acute |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub, carpet |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RUBIACEAE
nitida hirtella (Boiss.) Ehrend., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37(2): 245 (1979)
nitida mytilinica Ehrend., ibid.
nitida subcapitellata Ehrend., ibid.
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