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Rod-shaped Woodruff

Asperula virgata

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
NE. Türkiye (Erzurum)
Climate
temperate

About

Asperula virgata, the rod-shaped woodruff, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a subshrub endemic to Turkey, and is found in Erzurum and Artvin provinces. It grows on limestone scree, at elevations of 700–1,100 m. It is threatened by overgrazing, road construction, dam construction and erosion.

Other Asperula plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asperula virgata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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