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Androsace delphinensis

Androsace delphinensis is a small alpine cushion plant from the southwestern Alps of France, forming tight rosettes of hairy leaves and white flowers in summer. It needs cold, bright, gritty conditions and is best grown in an alpine trough or rock garden rather than as a houseplant.

Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly during the growing season and keep the crown dry, letting the mix dry out between waterings.
Soil
Very gritty, fast-draining mineral mix with lots of grit or crushed stone.
Temperature
Hardy to well below freezing; it thrives in cool summers and needs a cold winter, roughly -20 to 20 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
E. France
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Androsace delphinensis is a plant species in the family Primulaceae.

Where it grows

Androsace delphinensis inhabit rock crevices on gneiss, granite, sandstone and flysch at elevations from 2,400 to 3,850 metres (7,870 to 12,630 ft). This species is endemic to the southwestern Alps (Écrins, Grandes Rousses, Belledonne).

Other Androsace plants

Androsace albana · Alpine Rock Jasmine · Mackenzie River Douglasia · Androsace brevis · Filiform rockjasmine · Swiss Rockjasmine · Androsace lactea · Cliff Douglasia · Pink Rock Jasmine · Androsace lanuginosa · Androsace mathildae · Snow Dwarf Primrose

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Androsace delphinensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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