Madder family
Rubiaceae
As-per'u-la. A large genus of Old World herbs, some cultivated for ornament.
Description
Leaves in whorls of 6 or more. Flowers small, more or less funnel-shaped, and very numerous in forking cymes.
How to Grow
Sow seeds in a partially shaded, moist site, such as a stream bank. Prefers warm weather.
Asperula orientalis
Woodruff
. To 1 ft. (30 cm) high. Flowers lavender-blue, fragrant, ⅜ in. (9 mm) long, borne in terminal clusters beneath which are found leafy bracts. Eurasia. Also sold as
A. azurea
var.
Setosa
. Hardy annual.
