Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Asperula oppositifolia Regel & Schmalh. |
Bibliography | Izv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estesv. Moskovsk. Univ. 34(2): 42 (1882) |
Native Range | Iran to Central Asia and Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-3700m |
Description | leaves opposite, subsessile, leaves linear lanceolate, 3-6mm, glabrous, acute, often deciduous, inflorescence terminal and axillary, corolla infundibuliform, lobes 4 |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | rose, purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |