Blue woodruff / خشنة حقلية / / جويسئة / / دحيرجة

Asperula arvensis L.

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Edibility and Usage

Blooming period
March to April
Seed collection period
May to June

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Dark blue
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Asperula
Family
Rubiaceae
Wikidata item
Q159780
GBIF Item
Asperula arvensis L. (2916662)

References

  1. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)
  2. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  3. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  4. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.

Citation

Asperula arvensis L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/1116 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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