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Androsace lactea

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Botanical Description

A stoloniferous species forming loose mats 20cm or more across. Rosettes 2-4cm wide, formed of dark green, arching linear to narrowly elliptic leaves. Flowers 10-12mm in diameter, white with a yellow eye, in loose umbels on stems 5-10cm or more in height. Each petal is broadly notched in the manner of a primrose. Alps, Tatras and Carpathians above 1000m, mainly among limestone rocks but also in screes and meadows.

-58 A . lactiflora (Fisch.) Hort see A. chaixii and A. salicifolia

Joint Rock: Joint Rock Awards, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, 21 May 2018

a, A. lactea; b, A. rotundifolia; c, A. sarmentosa; d, A. villosa;