| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Asperula balchanica Bobrov |
| Bibliography | Fl. URSS 18: 691 (1952) |
| Native Range | Central Asia: |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves in whorls of 4, minute, linear, 2-3mm long, thick, revolute, densely setose, acerose, sessile, flowers in few flowered clusters, sessile amongst leaves |
| Size | 2-7cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) |