Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Hexaphylla pubescens (Willd.) P.Caputo & Del Guacchio |
Bibliography | Pl. Biosystems 154: 779 (2020) |
Native Range | Crete |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-1800m |
Description | shortly sericeous-hirsute, leaves in whorls of 6, linear, acute, margins revolute, flowers numerous, fasciculate, bracts elliptic, obtuse, corolla lobes elliptic |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | pale rose |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 incana Sm. Asperula pubescens (Willd.) Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem. Crucianella pubescens Willd. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (KRI Kriti) |