Asperula glomerata (M.Bieb.) Griseb.


Family	RUBIACEAE
Genus species	Asperula glomerata (M.Bieb.) Griseb.
Synonyms	Crucianella glomerata M.Bieb.
	Asperula capitata (Labill.) Grossh.
	Asperula squarrosa K.Koch
Habitat	rocks
Description	leaves in whorls of 6, linear, 1cm long, shortly acuminate, sessile, on margins involute, carnose, pubescent, floral clusters opposite, many-flowered, sessile
Size	7-35cm
Color	greenish white
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	Asia-Temperate Middle Asia (Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan ) Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran , Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Turkey ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	RUBIACEAE Asperula glomerata (M.Bieb.) Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2(5/6): 166 (1844) Basionym: Crucianella glomerata M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 107 (1808) ============================================================================= glomerata typica ined. Synonyms: Asperula capitata (Labill.) Grossh. Asperula glomerata capitata (Labill.) Boiss. Asperula squarrosa K.Koch Crucianella capitata Labill. Crucianella fibrosa Boiss. Crucianella sufruticosa Willd. ex Ledeb. c. & w. Asia, Transcaucasus 32 KGZ TZK 33 TCS 34 AFG IRN LBS PAL TUR glomerata afghanica Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem., Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 176: 130 (2005) Afghanistan, Iran 34 AFG IRN glomerata azerbaijanica Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem., ibid. nw. Iran 34 IRN glomerata bijarensis Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem., ibid. w. Iran 34 IRN glomerata bracteata (Boiss.) Ehrend., Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. 56: 223 (1948) Basionym: Crucianella bracteata Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1. 3: 29 (1843) Synonyms: Asperula bracteata (Boiss.) Grossh. Iran 34 IRN glomerata var. condensata Ehrend., ibid. Iran 34 IRN glomerata dasycarpa Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem., ibid. w. & s. Iran 34 IRN glomerata eriantha Hausskn. ex Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 19: 266 (1906) Iran. Iraq. Turkey 34 IRN IRQ TUR glomerata filifomis Bornm., ibid. Iran, Iraq 34 IRN IRQ glomerata hirsutiuscula (Pobed.) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem., ibid Basionym: Asperula hirsutiuscula Pobed., Fl. URSS 23: 690 (1958) nw. Iran 34 IRN glomerata pamirica (Pobed.) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem., ibid. Basionym: Asperula pamirica Pobed., ibid. Synonyms: Asperula ferganica Pobed. Asperula kirghisorum Filatova c. Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan 32 KGZ TZK 34 AFG 40 PAK glomerata turcomanica (Pobed.) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem., ibid. Basionym: Asperula turcomanica Pobed., ibid. Synonyms: Asperula pseudoglomerata Pachom. c. Asia, Afghanistan, Iran 32 TKM TZK 34 AFG IRN