Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Asperula glomerata (M.Bieb.) Griseb. |
Bibliography | Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 166 (1844) |
Native Range | c. Turkey to Israel and c. Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves in whorls of 6, linear, 1cm long, shortly acuminate, sessile, on margins involute, carnose, pubescent, floral clusters opposite, many-flowered, sessile |
Size | 7-35cm |
Color | greenish white |
Bloom | 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 capitata (Labill.) Grossh. Asperula glomerata var. capitata (Labill.) Boiss. Asperula glomerata var. latibracteata Boiss. Asperula squarrosa K.Koch Asperula stricta var. alpina Boiss. Crucianella capitata Labill. Crucianella fibrosa Boiss. Crucianella glomerata M.Bieb. Crucianella sufruticosa Willd. ex Ledeb. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent |