Phuopsis stylosa

Crosswort
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Rubioideae
Tribe:	Rubieae
Genus:	Phuopsis
Species:	P. stylosa
Binomial name
	Phuopsis stylosa; (Trin.) Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks, 1894
Synonyms
	Asperula ciliata Moench; Asperula stylosa (Trin.) Boiss.; Crucianella stylosa Trin.; Putoria calabrica Pers.;

Phuopsis stylosa, the Caucasian crosswort or large-styled crosswort, is a low-growing, mat-forming, aromatic perennial plant in the madder, or bedstraw family Rubiaceae. It has whorls of narrow, aromatic leaves and terminal clusters of tubular pink flowers.^[2]^[3] Phuopsis stylosa is native to the Caucasus and Iran, and is widely grown elsewhere as a garden plant.^[3]

References

^ "The Plant List: Phuopsis stylosa (Trin.) Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanic Garden. 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
^ Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
^ ^a ^b "Phuopsis stylosa, large-styled crosswort". London, UK: Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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[PlantList-1] "The Plant List: Phuopsis stylosa (Trin.) Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanic Garden. 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

[2] Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

[RHS-3] "Phuopsis stylosa, large-styled crosswort". London, UK: Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 19 June 2016.

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