''Phuopsis stylosa'', the Caucasian crosswort or large-styled crosswort, is a low-growing, mat-forming, aromatic
perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
in the
madder
''Rubia'' is the type genus of the Rubiaceae family of flowering plants, which also contains coffee. It contains around 80 species of perennial scrambling or climbing herbs and subshrubs native to the Old World. The genus and its best-known ...
, or bedstraw family
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules ...
. It has whorls of narrow, aromatic leaves and terminal clusters of tubular pink flowers.
''Phuopsis stylosa'' is native to the Caucasus and Iran, and is widely grown elsewhere as a garden plant.
The plant gives off an odor which can be confused with that of some ''
Cannabis
''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...
'' species.
References
External links
''Crucianella stylosa''''Phuopsis stylosa'' at Royal Horticultural Society
Rubieae
Flora of Lebanon
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