Asperula rupestris
Tineo
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What to Eat
Edible parts: ?
Where to Find It
It is a Mediterranean plant.
Albania, Balkans, Croatia, Europe, Italy, Mediterranean, Sicily,
Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine
How to Identify
A herb. It grows 10-20 cm tall. The leaves are broadly oval and 15 mm long. They taper to a short tip. The flowers are 6 mm logn and in dense heads.
Names & Synonyms
Asperula hirsuta subsp. rupestris (Tineo) Nyman
References (1)
- Licata, M., et al, 2016, A survey of wild plant species for food use in Sicily (Italy) – results of a 3-year study in four Regional Parks. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12:12
