| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Asperula purpurea (L.) Ehrend. |
| Synonyms | Galium purpureum L. |
| Crucianella purpurea (L.) Honck. | |
| Galium rubrum Scop. | |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves in whorls of 6-8, narrowly oblanceolate-linear to filiform, acute, inflorescence elongate, pyramidal, many flowered, flowers ca. 2mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | greenish yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
| 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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | RUBIACEAE
purpurea apiculata (Sm.) Ehrend., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 68(4): 269 (1974)
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