Androsace lactea, L.

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 : 21

6. A. lactea L. , Sp. Pl. 142 (1753) .

Perennial, laxly caespitose or rosettes solitary, shortly stoloniferous; stolons up to 3 cm. Leaves 8-20(-30) x 0-5-2 mm, linear, sessile, glabrous or very sparsely hairy usually on the margins. Scapes 1-4, (2—)3—15 cm, glabrous. Inflorescence 1- to 4(-6)-flowered, often arising from axils of basal leaves only; involucral bracts 2 '5 4 m m, linearlanceolate, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Pedicels 2-10 times as long as bracts, glabrous. Calyx 3-5 mm, glabrous. Corolla up to 12 mm in diameter, white. Seeds 2-3 mm, 4-5. 2n = 76. Rocks and screes; calcicole. • Mountains o f C. Europe, extending to the French Jura and C. Jugoslavia. Au Cz Ga Ge He It Ju Po Rm.