Asperula aristata L.f.


Family	RUBIACEAE
Genus species	Asperula aristata L.f.
Synonyms	Asperula breviflora Batt.
	Asperula canescens Vis.
	Asperula commutata C.Presl
Habitat	grassland and rocks
Altitude	0-3400m
Description	very variable, leaves of 4 in whorls, 15-25mm long, lanceolate to linear
Size	10-40cm
Color	pink
Bloom	summer
Ca	+
Type	tuft
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	Europe Middle Europe (Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Portugal , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Greece , Italy , Sicilia , Yugoslavia ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Libya , Morocco , Tunisia ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (Transcaucasus)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	RUBIACEAE Asperula aristata L.f., Suppl. Pl. 120 (1782) 0-3400m ============================================================================= aristata typica ined. Synonyms: Asperula aristata pubescens (Boiss.) Ortega Asperula breviflora Batt. Asperula canescens Vis. Asperula commutata C.Presl Asperula digyna Dufour Asperula flaccida Ten. Asperula macrorrhiza Hoffmanns. & Link Asperula papillosa Lange Asperula scabra pubescens Boiss. Asperula suaveolens Schrad. ex DC. Asperula sublongiflora Borbás Galium aristulatum F.Herm. c. & s. Europe, n. Africa, Transcaucasus 11 SWI 12 FRA POR SPA 13 ALB GRC ITA SIC YUG 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN 33 TCS aristata calabra (Fiori) Del Guacchio & P.Caputo, Pl. Biosystems 151(2): 358 (2016) Basionym: Asperula cynanchica calabra Fiori, Nuov. Fl. Italia 2: 503 (1827) Synonyms: Asperula calabra (Fiori) Gavioli sw. Italy 13 ITA aristata condensata (Heldr. ex Boiss.) Ehrend. & Krendl, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 68(4): 268 (1974) Basionym: Asperula longiflora condensata Heldr. ex Boiss., Fl. Orient., [Boissier] Suppl. 281 (1888) Synonyms: Asperula aristata leiantha (A.Kern. ex Wettst.) Hayek Asperula longilfora leiantha A.Kern. ex Wettst. se. Europe 13 ALB GRC YUG aristata nestia (Rech.f.) Ehrend. & Krendl, ibid. Basionym: Asperula nestia Rech.f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 69(4): 510 (1939) s. Bulgaria, n. Greece 13 BUL GRC aristata scabra Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 334 (1879) Synonyms: Asperula aristata oreophila (Briq.) Hayek Asperula cynanchica oreophila Briq. Asperula exaristata Lacaita Asperula longiflora Waldst. & Kit. Asperula scabra C.Presl Asperula umbellulata Reut. c. & s. Europe 11 AUT SWI 12 FRA SPA 13 ITA SIC YUG aristata thessala (Boiss. & Heldr.) Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2): 452 (1930) Basionym: Asperula thessala Boiss. & Heldr., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2. 2: 111 (1856) Synonyms: Asperula longiflora thessala (Boiss. & Heldr.) Nyman Asperula aristata peristeraea Halácsy ex Hayek Asperula peristeriensis Halácsy ex Maire Greece 13 GRC