Asperula crassula

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

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]

Description

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]}

References

1. "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
2. "Asperula crassula Greuter & Zaffran | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
3. "Asperula crassula". www.cretanflora.com. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
4. nikolakakis (2013-03-21). "Suculent Woodruff, Asperula crassula, flowers". Natural History Museum of Crete. Archived from the original on 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
5. Centre, World Conservation Monitoring (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. IUCN. ISBN 978-2-8317-0328-2.
6. Europe, Council of (2012-01-01). Biodiversity and Climate Change: Reports and Guidance Developed Under the Bern Convention. Council of Europe. ISBN 978-92-871-7059-0.
7. Gibbons, Bob (2003). Greece. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-850437-5.