Rubiaceae

Pink woodruff

Asperula taurina L.

Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Asperula

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Pink woodruff (Asperula taurina) — FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

Armenian: Գետնաստղ կովկասյան
Bulgarian: Милосърдниче
Chinese: 牛车叶
English: Pink woodruff
German: Turin-Meier, Italien-Meier, Turiner Meister, Turiner Waldmeister
Hungarian: Olasz müge
Slovenian: Turinska perla
Swedish: Skärmåra
Welsh: Mandon rosliw

Synonyms

Asperula caucasica Pobed.
Asperula nemoralis Salisb.
Asperula propinqua Pobed.
Asperula rubioides Schur
Asperula taurina f. leucanthera Beck
Asperula taurina subsp. caucasica (Pobed.) Ehrend.
Asperula taurina subsp. leucanthera (Beck) Hayek
Asperula taurina subsp. taurina
Asperula taurina var. intermedia Rouy
Asperula taurina var. longifolia Rouy
Asperula trinervia Lam.
Blepharostemma taurinum (L.) Fourr.
Galium taurinum (L.) Scop.

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 71 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Esteban Stefano Pavan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Denys Vynokurov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Boris Gaberšček, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: paleobiome, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Екатерина Кравцова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.