Asperula arvensis

Asperula arvensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Rubieae
Genus: Asperula
Species: A. arvensis
Binomial name
Asperula arvensis
L.

Asperula arvensis, known as blue woodruff,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family. It belongs to the genus Asperula.[2] It is native to most of Europe plus Algeria, Morocco, and southwest Asia from Turkey to Kyrgyzstan.

References

  1. "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. Valerie L. Soza & Richard G. Olmstead (2010). "Molecular systematics of tribe Rubieae (Rubiaceae): Evolution of major clades, development of leaf-like whorls, and biogeography" 59 (3). p. 758.

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