Asperula ambleia

Asperula ambleia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Asperula
Species:
A. ambleia
Binomial name
Asperula ambleia

Asperula ambleia is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as Stiff Woodruff, and is endemic from SE. Queensland to NE. Victoria in Australia,[2] and was first named by Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw.[3]

Description

Asperula ambleia appears as a long green heather-like plant, with small (1in) white flowers, on long, rough, woody stems, it has compact, green, needle-like leaves.

Growth cycle

Asperula ambleia flowers around May-June, and grows best in a rock garden, trough or crevice.

References

  1. ^ "Asperula ambleia". Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  2. ^ "Asperula ambleia Airy Shaw | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  3. ^ "Asperula ambleia". Retrieved 2020-03-07.


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