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Asperula taurina
Asperula taurina is a medium-sized perennial herb from southern and central Europe to northern Iran, with white flowers in dense clusters. It is a woodland-edge plant of mountain areas and is rarely grown in gardens, so care guidance is general.
Asperula taurina is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It was first described in 1753 and is native to Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Crimea, Romania, Switzerland, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, and Montenegro. It was also introduced to Denmark, Germany, and Great Britain.
It has a large range and is found in many parts of Europe. It is native to France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, the Balkans, Crimea, Turkey, Iran, and the Caucasus. It has been introduced to Germany, Poland, Great Britain, Denmark, and Ireland. A former record from Spain is thought to be erroneous.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asperula taurina 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.
