Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Asperula gussonei Boiss. |
Synonyms | Asperula gussoneana Boiss. ex Ces. & al. |
Asperula suberosa Guss. | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | montane-alpine |
Description | glabrous, grey-green, leaves 4-9mm, narrowly elliptic to broadly linear, thick, mucronate, flat, inflorescence compact with single, terminal floral cluster, flowers 6-7mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub, carpet |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Sicilia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RUBIACEAE
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