Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Asperula lutea Sm. |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | glabrous, subglaucous, leaves of 4, linear, elongate, aristate, flowers in opposite fascicles producing interrupted, narrow spike, bracts lanceolate, acute |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellowish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub, cushion |
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
Southeastern Europe (Greece) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | RUBIACEAE
lutea euboea Ehrend., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 80: 403 (1961)
lutea griseola Greuter, Bocconea 25: 107 (2012)
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