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Androsace saussurei is a small high-alpine cushion plant from the Western Alps, forming tight rosettes of hairy leaves and white to purplish flowers in summer. It needs cool, bright, well-drained conditions and is best treated as a specialist alpine rather than an easy garden plant.
Androsace saussurei is a plant species in the family Primulaceae.
Androsace saussurei inhabit rock crevices on protogine and granite at elevations from 2,000 to 4,070 metres (6,560 to 13,350 ft), which is the highest elevation known for a vascular plant in Italy. It is endemic to the Western Alps (Mont Blanc, Gran Paradiso, Valais, Vanoise, Thabor).
Androsace albana · Alpine Rock Jasmine · Mackenzie River Douglasia · Androsace brevis · Androsace delphinensis · Filiform rockjasmine · Swiss Rockjasmine · Androsace lactea · Cliff Douglasia · Pink Rock Jasmine · Androsace lanuginosa · Androsace mathildae
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Androsace saussurei 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.
