Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Hexaphylla rupestris (Tineo) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio |
Bibliography | Pl. Biosystems 154: 779 (2020) |
Native Range | nw. & se. Sicilia |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves 18-15mm long, oblanceolate, shortly acuminate, abaxially hirsute, flowers to 6mm long in dense terminal head, corolla infundibuliform |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | reddish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Asperula hirsuta ssp. rupestris (Tineo) Nyman Asperula rupestris Tineo |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (SIC Sicilia) |