Asperula crassula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Asperula |
Species: | A. crassula
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Binomial name | |
Asperula crassula Greuter & Zaffran
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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]
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]