Blue woodruff / جويسئة / خشنة حقلية / دحيرجة /

Asperula arvensis L.

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

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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