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Androsace lactea

Androsace lactea
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
C. Europe to NW. Balkan Pen.
Climate
temperate

About

Androsace lactea, the milkwhite rock jasmine, is an alpine plant, in the family Primulaceae.

Where it grows

This plant prefers limestone rocks, screes and meadows, at an elevation of 500–3,100 metres (1,600–10,200 ft) above sea level.

Other Androsace plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Androsace lactea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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