Asperula crassula explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: International Plant Names Index. www.ipni.org. 2020-03-02.
  2. Web site: Asperula crassula Greuter & Zaffran Plants of the World Online Kew Science. Plants of the World Online. 2020-03-02.
  3. Web site: Asperula crassula. www.cretanflora.com. 2020-03-02.
  4. Web site: Suculent Woodruff, Asperula crassula, flowers. nikolakakis. 2013-03-21. Natural History Museum of Crete. en. 2020-03-02. 2020-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20200302155044/https://www.nhmc.uoc.gr/en/museum/photo-archive/selection/images/nhmc.image.78874. dead.
  5. Book: Centre, World Conservation Monitoring. 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. 1998. IUCN. 978-2-8317-0328-2. en.
  6. Book: Europe, Council of. Biodiversity and Climate Change: Reports and Guidance Developed Under the Bern Convention. 2012-01-01. Council of Europe. 978-92-871-7059-0. en.
  7. Book: Gibbons, Bob. Greece. 2003. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-850437-5. en.

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