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Asperula
Asperula, commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It contains about 195 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropicale Asia to Australasia.
51 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Woodruff
speciesAsperula conferta
Dyer's Woodruff
speciesAsperula tinctoria
Pink Woodruff
speciesAsperula taurina
prickly woodruff
speciesAsperula scoparia
Blue Woodruff
speciesAsperula arvensis
broad-leaved woodruff
speciesAsperula euryphylla
Asperula gunnii
speciesAsperula gunnii
Asperula setosa
speciesAsperula setosa
Asperula pusilla
speciesAsperula pusilla
Asperula molluginoides
speciesAsperula molluginoides
Asperula glomerata
speciesAsperula glomerata
annual woodruff
speciesAsperula orientalis
Asperula libanotica
speciesAsperula libanotica
Asperula subsimplex
speciesAsperula subsimplex
Asperula laevigata
speciesAsperula laevigata
Asperula gemella
speciesAsperula gemella
Asperula prostrata
speciesAsperula prostrata
Asperula geminifolia
speciesAsperula geminifolia
Asperula minima
speciesAsperula minima
Asperula sintenisii
speciesAsperula sintenisii
Asperula involucrata
speciesAsperula involucrata
Asperula wimmerana
speciesAsperula wimmerana
Asperula charophyton
speciesAsperula charophyton
Asperula ambleia
speciesAsperula ambleia
Asperula asthenes
speciesAsperula asthenes
Asperula oblanceolata
speciesAsperula oblanceolata
Asperula congesta
speciesAsperula congesta
Asperula polymera
speciesAsperula polymera
Asperula insignis
speciesAsperula insignis
Asperula xylorrhiza
speciesAsperula xylorrhiza
Asperula cymulosa
speciesAsperula cymulosa
Asperula oppositifolia
speciesAsperula oppositifolia
Asperula hoskingii
speciesAsperula hoskingii
Asperula comosa
speciesAsperula comosa
Asperula cunninghamii
speciesAsperula cunninghamii
Asperula asterocephala
speciesAsperula asterocephala
Asperula gracilis
speciesAsperula gracilis
Asperula subulifolia
speciesAsperula subulifolia
Asperula insolita
speciesAsperula insolita
Asperula majoriflora
speciesAsperula majoriflora
Asperula podlechii
speciesAsperula podlechii
Asperula brachyantha
speciesAsperula brachyantha
Asperula trifida
speciesAsperula trifida
Asperula tymphaea
speciesAsperula tymphaea
Asperula lasiantha
speciesAsperula lasiantha
Asperula virgata
speciesAsperula virgata
Asperula suavis
speciesAsperula suavis
Asperula kotschyana
speciesAsperula kotschyana
Asperula bargyli
speciesAsperula bargyli
Asperula friabilis
speciesAsperula friabilis
Asperula perpusilla
speciesAsperula perpusilla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.565
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.373
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.373
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.557
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.551
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Asperula in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59280.