Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Asperula pamirica Pobed. |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS 23: 691 (1958) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Pakistan and Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stem leaves of 6, 5-10mm, linear, minutely mucronate, sessile, uninerved, thick, grey setose, flowers numerous in opposite, sessile clusters, producing interrupted spike |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow-green |
Bloom | late spring, 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 ferganica Pobed. Asperula glomerata ssp. pamirica (Pobed.) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem. Asperula kirghisorum Filatova |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |