{{Short description|Genus and species of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox | image = Asperugo procumbens sl2.jpg | display_parents = 2 | genus = Asperugo | parent_authority = L. | species = procumbens | authority = L. | synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO">{{cite POWO |id=113506-1 |title=''Asperugo procumbens'' L. |access-date=25 April 2025}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Collapsible list | {{Species list | Asperugo alba | Mazziari | Asperugo erecta | I.Pop | Asperugo vulgaris | Bubani | Asperugo vulgaris | Dum.Cours. }} }} }}

'''''Asperugo procumbens''''', known as '''German madwort''', is the single species in the monotypic plant genus '''''Asperugo'''''. This plant is native to Europe and temperate parts of Asia but has been introduced elsewhere by humans.<ref name="POWO" />

''Asperugo procumbens'' is an annual plant with stems that grow 20 to 60&nbsp;centimeters long. The stems trail along the ground, but do not root at the nodes. The leaves are most often attached alternately to the stems, but can be attached oppositely on the stems towards their ends.<ref name="Welsh et al.">{{Cite book <!--Deny Citation Bot-->|last1=Welsh |first1=Stanley L. |author-link1=Stanley Larson Welsh |last2=Atwood |first2=N. Duane |last3=Goodrich |first3=Sherel |last4=Higgins |first4=Larry C. |date=1987 |title=A Utah Flora |url=https://archive.org/details/utahflora0000unse |url-access=registration |series=Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, No. 9 |language=en |edition=First |location=Provo, Utah |publisher=Brigham Young University |page=61 |jstor=23377658 |oclc=9986953694 |access-date=25 April 2025}}</ref>

==Names== ''Asperugo procumbens'' is known in English by the common name ''German madwort''.<ref name="VASCAN">{{Cite web |last1=Acadia University |last2=Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre |last3=University of Toronto Mississauga |last4=University of British Columbia |date=2025 |title=''Asperugo procumbens'' Linnaeus - Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) |url=https://data.canadensys.net/vascan/taxon/3746?lang=en |website=Canadensys |language=en |access-date=25 April 2025}}</ref> It is also simply known as ''madwort'',<ref name="VASCAN" /> however many species in the genus ''Alyssum'' are also known by this name including ''Alyssum alyssoides''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Whitmore |first1=Patrick |date=1991 |title=The Common Names of Wild Flowers in English and French |url=https://archive.org/details/commonnamesofwil0000whit |url-access=registration |language=en |location=Chichester, England |publisher=Packard |page=4 |isbn=978-1-85341-027-7 |oclc=26304498 |access-date=25 April 2025}}</ref>

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== External links == *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASPR USDA plants database] *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2030,2053,2054 Jepson Manual Treatment]

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Category:Boraginoideae Category:Monotypic Boraginales genera Category:Boraginaceae genera

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