Rubiaceae FAMILY
Asperula cynanchica
Asperula cynanchica
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Asperula cynanchica is a herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 50cm tall from a non-creeping, woody rootstock. The plant produces numerous slender, prostrate or ascending to erect stems 8 - 50cm long[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. The plant is the source of a red dye, and also used to be employed in herbal medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeCentral and southern Europe - Britain to Spain, east to Ukraine, Greece and the Caucasus
HabitatDry calcareous pastures and calcareous dunes[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].