Asperula crassula
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]
| Asperula crassula | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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]
References
- "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- "Asperula crassula Greuter & Zaffran | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- "Asperula crassula". www.cretanflora.com. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- nikolakakis (2013-03-21). "Suculent Woodruff, Asperula crassula, flowers". Natural History Museum of Crete. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- Centre, World Conservation Monitoring (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. IUCN. ISBN 978-2-8317-0328-2.
- Europe, Council of (2012-01-01). Biodiversity and Climate Change: Reports and Guidance Developed Under the Bern Convention. Council of Europe. ISBN 978-92-871-7059-0.
- Gibbons, Bob (2003). Greece. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850437-5.
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