| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Asperula pulchella (Podlech) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Iranica 176: 136 (2005) |
| Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1500-1700m |
| Description | leaves opposite, narrowly lanceolate, flat, sessile, acute, shortly mucronate, densely puberulent, 6-10mm, inflorescence corymbose, 5-9-flowered, flowers ca. 4mm, lobes 1mm |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 |
| Synonyms | Asperula gypsacea Pachom. Gaillonia pulchella Podlech Neogaillonia pulchella (Podlech) Lincz. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |