Asperula orientalis explained

Asperula orientalis, known as annual woodruff or oriental woodruff, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae.^[1] It is found in Turkey, Lebanon, western Syria, Iraq, the Caucasus and Iran. It is often used as an ornamental plant in various regions and is reportedly naturalized in Oregon, North Dakota and the Czech Republic.^{[2] [3]}

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, syntype of Asperula orientalis'
• World Checklist of Rubiaceae
• Asperula orientalis
• Outside Pride (Independence Oregon USA), Shake the Seed, Blue Woodruff Seeds
• Annie's Annuals & Perennials (Richmond California USA), Blue Woodruff
• Chiltern Seeds (Wallingford UK), Asperula orientalis, blue woodruff
• Kings Seeds (Katikati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand), Asperula sweet blue woodruff

Notes and References

1. Boissier, Pierre Edmond & Hohenacker, Rudolph Friedrich. 1843. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 3: 30–31
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=17012 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Asperula orientalis
3. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASOR6USDA Plants Profile: Asperula orientalis