| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Hexaphylla hirsuta (Desf.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio |
| Bibliography | Pl. Biosystems 154: 779 (2020) |
| Native Range | s. Iberian Peninsula, n. Africa |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-1800m |
| Description | leaves to 2cm long, lanceolate to linear, attenuate, more or less hirsute, flowers 5-7mm long |
| Size | 15-50cm |
| Color | pale pink, 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 algerica Pers. Asperula denudata Vahl ex Willk. & Lange Asperula hirsuta Desf. Asperula hirsuta var. baetica Sennen Asperula hirsuta var. breviflora Batt. Asperula hirsuta var. denudata (Vahl ex Willk. & Lange) Nyman Asperula hirsuta f. glabrata (Pau.) Cuatrec. Asperula hirsuta f. glabrescens Pau & Font Quer Asperula hirsuta f. leptophylla M.Vidal ex Ortega Oliv. & Devesa Asperula hirsuta var. longiflora Maire Asperula hirsuta f. persquarrosa Maire Asperula hirsuta var. prostrata Maire & al. Asperula hirsuta var. repens Samp. Asperula hirsuta var. riphaea Ortega Oliv. & Devesa Asperula hirsuta var. squarrosa Sennen & Maire Asperula hirsuta var. villosissima Jahand. & al. Asperula repens Brot. Asperula repens f. denudata Vahl ex Cuatrec. Asperula repens f. glabrata Cuatrec. Asperula repens var. glabrata Pau Asperula repens f. hirsuta Cuatrec. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) |