Asperula arvensisL. Blue woodruff

Asperula arvensisL. - Blue woodruff

Scientific Description:

Very similar to Asperula orientalis L. but flowers equalling bracts or shorter; Corolla 5−7 mm, bluish-violet to whitish, tube 4−6 mm, widened in upper 1/3, lobes 0.5−2 mm; anthers 0.7−1 mm, oblong-eliptic; mericarps 2−3 mm diam.

 

Flowering time: March−July.

Habitat: Open ground, fields and waste places, nr s.l.−1900 m.

 

Reference:

Ehrendorfer F & Schönbeck-Temesy E (1982). Asperula arvensis L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 7: 763.

Public Description:

Asperula arvensis, commonly known as “blue woodruff”, is native to most of Europe, Algeria, Morocco, and southwest Asia from Türkiye to Kyrgyzstan. It is a perennial herb with bluish-violet to white flowers, and grows up to 50 cm in length. It blooms between March and July and is found in open ground, fields and waste places.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperula_arvensis/, Accessed date: 30.06.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/search/?q=asperula/,Accessed date: 30.06.2016

Minareci E (2012) Asperula L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 816–819.