Asperula abbreviata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Asperula |
Species: |
A. abbreviata
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Binomial name | |
Asperula abbreviata |
Asperula abbreviata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as Woodruff, and is endemictoNaxos and Amorgos in Greece.[2] It was first formally described in 1901 by Eugen von Halácsy who gave it the name Asperula lutea var. abbreviatainConspectus Florae Graecae.[3] In 1943, Karl Heinz Rechinger raised the variety to species status as Asperula abbreviatainDenkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.[4]
Asperula abbreviata appears as a small green moss-like plant, with small (1in) pale pink flowers, on relatively long stems, it has a compact cushion of small, green, needle-like, leaves.
Asperula abbreviata flowers around May-June, and grows best in a rock garden, trough or crevice.
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Asperula lutea var. abbreviata |
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