Asperula crassula

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Asperula crassula
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Asperula
Species:
A. crassula
Binomial name
Asperula crassula
Greuter & Zaffran

Asperula crassula is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, endemic to a few hundred hectares in northeast Crete. It was first described in 1857. [1] [2]

Description

Asperula crassula is perennial, short, and cushion-shaped. Its stems are worm-shaped and are often 2-4 mm long. Its flowers are short, dense, sub-cylindrical, medially bipartite, and about 1.5 mm long. It occurs on rocky slopes and flats of limestone and sandstone. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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References

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