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Woodruff's plexus was discovered by George H. Woodruff in 1949. The plexus is located below the posterior end of the inferior concha , on the lateral wall of the nasal cavity . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He described it as the naso-nasopharyngeal plexus .
Asperula, commonly known as woodruff, [1] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 91 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia .
Ninety percent of nosebleeds (epistaxis) occur in Kiesselbach's plexus, whereas five to ten percent originate from Woodruff's plexus. [3] It is exposed to the drying effect of inhaled air. [3] It can also be damaged by trauma from a finger nail (nose picking), as it is fragile. [3] [4] It is the usual site for nosebleeds in children and young ...
Galium odoratum, the sweet woodruff [1] or sweetscented bedstraw, [3] is a flowering perennial plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to much of Europe. It is widely cultivated for its flowers and its sweet-smelling foliage.
Asperula tinctoria, common name dyer's woodruff, [2] is a plant in the family Rubiaceae, a native of much of northern and central Europe from France to Russia and also of Western Siberia. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The library supplies images of flowers, plants and gardens to newspapers, [2] TV shows, [3] publishers and magazines [4] around the world. GWI has been involved with hundreds of publications and influential books such as Dr. D. G. Hessayon's "Expert" series [5] as well as all of the Greenfingers Guides. [6]
Asperula arvensis, known as blue woodruff, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It belongs to the genus Asperula . [ 2 ] It is native to most of Europe plus Algeria , Morocco , and southwest Asia from Turkey to Kyrgyzstan .
Asperula gunnii, the mountain woodruff, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a perennial herb that is endemic to Australia . Description