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Androsace sarmentosa, the rock jasmine, is a perennial plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the Himalayas and Tibet.[1] As its synonym Androsace studiosorum it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]

Androsace sarmentosa
Flowers of Androsace sarmentosa at the Giardino Botanico Alpino Chanousia
Plants of Androsace sarmentosa at the Giardino Botanico Alpino Chanousia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Androsace
Species:	A. sarmentosa
Binomial name
Androsace sarmentosa Wall.
Synonyms[1]
List Androsace chumbyi Pax & R.Knuth Androsace dubyi (Dergnac) N.P.Balakr. Androsace primuloides Duby Androsace sarmentosa var. primuloides Hook.f. Androsace studiosorum Kress Primula sarmentosa (Wall.) Kuntze

Description

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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 centre, 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.

Distribution and habitat

Androsace sarmentosa is native to the Himalayas, including Nepal, and Tibet.[1] 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.[3]

References

• Biolib
• Luirig.altervista
• Plants for a future
• Alpine Plant Encyclopaedia

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