NARGS Plant of the Month

Androsace sarmentosa

Description and General Information:

Androsace sarmentosa is mostly known in cultivation by its subspecies primuloides.  In some literature it is called Androsace primuloides. A synonym name sometimes encountered is A. studiosorum.  This species hails from Nepal,Tibet and Pakistan, where is grows in open woodlands and rocky slopes at an elevation of 2700-4000 m.  Plants form a loose mat of evergreen rosettes, 1-3 cm in diameter, with somewhat spoon-shaped leaves that are covered in white hairs.  The overwintering...