Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Cynanchica gussonei (Boiss.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio |
Bibliography | Pl. Biosystems 154: 771 (2020) |
Native Range | n. Sicilia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1400-1800m |
Description | glabrous, grey-green, leaves 4-9mm, narrowly elliptic to broadly linear, thick, mucronate, flat, inflorescence compact with single, terminal floral cluster, flowers 6-7mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Asperula cynanchica var. gussonei (Boiss.) Fiori Asperula gussoneana Boiss. ex Ces., Pass. & Gibelli Asperula gussonei Boiss. Asperula suberosa Guss. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (SIC Sicilia) |