Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Asperula turcomanica Pobed. |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS 23: 692 (1958) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves in whorls of 4, linear, 7-8mm, thick, margins revolute, minutely mucronate, setose, sessile, flowers in dense terminal spike, corolla ca. 5mm |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring |
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 glomerata ssp. turcomanica (Pobed.) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem. Asperula pseudoglomerata Pachom. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |