Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Cynanchica pyrenaica (L.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio |
Bibliography | Pl. Biosystems 154: 773 (2020) |
Native Range | Pyrenees to ne. Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1000-2300m |
Description | stems thin, upper leaves linear to elliptic, in whorls of 2-4, lower leaves wider, flowers 3-5mm long in cyme |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | pink, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Asperula cynanchica var. glauca Vayr. Asperula cynanchica ssp. pyrenaica (L.) Nyman Asperula papillosa var. aranica Sennen Asperula pyrenaica L. Asperula tinctoria var. adhaerens Gren. Asperula tinctoria var. pyrenaica (L.) Rouy |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |