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Androsace sarmentosa
Androsace sarmentosa, the rock jasmine, is a Perennial Plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the Himalayas and Tibet. As its synonym, Androsace studiosorum, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Description
Androsace sarmentosa can reach about 30 cm (12 in) in diameter. It forms deep-green evergreen compact rosettes of elliptic-oblanceolate leaves, 1–3 cm (0.39–1.18 in) in width, covered with short white hairs. Flowers are bright pink to purple with a yellow center, 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) in diameter, with umbels 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) tall. It blooms from June to August.
Range & habitat
Androsace sarmentosa is native to the Himalayas, including Nepal, and Tibet. It prefers mixed forests, rocky slopes and open woodland, at an elevation 2,700–4,000 m (8,900–13,100 ft) above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 842390.