Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Hexaphylla capitata (Kit. ex Schult.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio |
Bibliography | Pl. Biosystems 154: 778 (2020) |
Native Range | Hungary to e. & s. Carpathians |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | leaves verticillate of 6, linear, acute, glabrous, with scabrous margins, inflorescence dense |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pale pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Asperula capitata Kit. ex Schult. Asperula hexaphylla ssp. capitata (Kit. ex Schult.) Nyman Asperula umbellata Willd. ex DC. Galium capitatum (Kit. ex Schult.) F.Herm. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (HUN Hungary) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania) |