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Androsace filiformis

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Authors: Retz.  

Botanical Description

An annual, usually forming a solitary rosette 5-8cm across. Leaves ovate to elliptic, toothed, hairless. Flowers 3mm wide, white, in loose, many-flowered umbels on stems 10-15cm tall. U.S.S.R., north of latitude 53° in damp places. Like a larger A. elongata and almost equally insignificant.