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Asperula assamica

Asperula assamica is a small perennial groundcover in the coffee family, native to the eastern Himalayas and Assam, with heather-like growth and tiny white flowers. It is rarely grown in gardens, so care advice is general and based on related woodruffs.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil, often leaf mould or loam with added organic matter.
Temperature
10–24 °C; protect from frost below -5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Sikkim to Assam
Climate
temperate

About

Asperula assamica is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as Woodruff, and is endemic to Assam, East Himalayas, and was first named by Meisn.

Other Asperula plants

Asperula acuminata · Asperula albiflora · Asperula ambleia · Blue woodruff · Asperula asterocephala · Asperula asthenes · Asperula brachyantha · Asperula conferta · Asperula gunnii · Asperula involucrata · Asperula libanotica · Oriental asperula

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asperula assamica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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