Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Asperula kotschyana (Boiss. & Hohen.) Boiss. |
Synonyms | Crucianella kotschyana Boiss. & Hohen. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | leaves in whorls of 6-8, broadly lanceolate, green, coriaceous, flat, thyrsus with remote floral clusters, flowers 6-9mm long, pentamerous |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Iraq , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RUBIACEAE
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