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FamilyRUBIACEAE
Genus speciesAsperula turcomanica Pobed. 
BibliographyFl. URSS 23: 692 (1958)
Native RangeCentral Asia to Iran
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionleaves in whorls of 4, linear, 7-8mm, thick, margins revolute, minutely mucronate, setose, sessile, flowers in dense terminal spike, corolla ca. 5mm
Size10-35cm
Colorpurple
Bloomlate spring
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAsperula glomerata ssp. turcomanica (Pobed.) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem.
Asperula pseudoglomerata Pachom.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran)
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