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Asperula oppositifolia Regel & Schmalh.  
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FamilyRUBIACEAE
Genus speciesAsperula oppositifolia Regel & Schmalh. 
BibliographyIzv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estesv. Moskovsk. Univ. 34(2): 42 (1882)
Native RangeIran to Central Asia and Tibet
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude1300-3700m
Descriptionleaves opposite, subsessile, leaves linear lanceolate, 3-6mm, glabrous, acute, often deciduous, inflorescence terminal and axillary, corolla infundibuliform, lobes 4
Size15-40cm
Colorrose, purple, white
Bloomsummer
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
Territory3 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)
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