| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Asperula prostrata (Adams) K.Koch |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 24: 461 (1851) |
| Native Range | Iran to Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1300-3900m |
| Description | leaves in whorls of 6-8, linear to narrowly lanceolate, green, coriaceous, flat, thyrsus with cymose fascicles, flowers 7-8mm long, pentamerous |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | purple, yellow |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Asperula albovii Manden. Asperula aspera (M.Bieb.) Boiss. Asperula aspera var. brachystegia Boiss. Asperula aspera var. latifolia Boiss. Asperula laxiflora Boiss. Asperula prostrata ssp. albovii (Manden.) Mikheev Crucianella aspera M.Bieb. Crucianella decumbens Adam ex Ledeb. Crucianella galioides Boiss. Crucianella prostrata Adams |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |