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Rubiaceae

Asperula libanotica

Boiss.

Leb. Syr. Pal.

Asperula libanotica Boiss.

(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. CLIV nº 1; 1983)


  • Life-form & habit: Multistemmed, glabrous perennial with slender, soft, ascending filiform stems, slightly scabrous, 20–60 cm tall.

  • Leaves: In whorls of 6, ovate-oblong, slightly acute, 3-nerved, with scabrous margins.

  • Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal capitate fascicles. Involucral bracts 6–12, elliptical to lanceolate, unequal, glabrous, shorter than the corolla.

  • Corolla: White, with a gradually widened tube about twice as long as the ovate, slightly acute lobes.

  • Anthers: Linear, black, subincluded.

  • Style: Long, exserted, bipartite.

  • Fruit: Semiglobose mericarps, papillose.

  • Phenology: Flowers from April to June.

  • Habitat & elevation: Woodland or grassy areas.

  • Lebanese distribution: Mi. Bikfaya, Araya, Kfar Houné (Jezzine), Bzoummar, Hasroun, ‘Abey, Broummana, Bhamdoun, Ghamlan, Beit Meri, Kafer Him near Deir-el-Qamar, coastal slopes below ‘Abey, Mekine; Mm. Falougha, Hasroun, around Ehden, Sannine, Raboué, Ehden Forest, Qannoubine, Cèdres de ‘Aïn Zehalta, Sir-ed-Denniyé, Jabal Barouk, below Hadeth el-Joubé; ‘Akkar: Hrar.

  • Native range: Lebanon, Syria and Palestine/Israel

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