Androsace alpina, (L.) Lam.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 23

20. A. alpina (L.) Lam. , Fl. Fr. 3: 642 (1778)

(incl. A. tiroliensis F. Wettst. ).

Laxly caespitose perennial; branches many-headed forming flat, lax cushions. Leaves 5-10 x 1-2 mm, in rosettes at the ends of the branches, laxly imbricate, oblong or oblanceolate, pubescent with short, stellate hairs, not persistent after withering. Flowers solitary. Pedicels 5-10 mm, more or less pubescent. Calyx 3^4 mm, pubescent, divided to middle or beyond. Corolla 7-9 mm in diameter, white or pink with a yellow throat. 2n = 40. Rocks and screes, usually above 2000 m; calcifuge. • Alps. Au Ga He It.