Androsace pubescens, DC.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 22

17. A. pubescens DC. in Lam. & DC., FI. Fr. ed. 3, 3: 438 (1805).

Caespitose perennial forming more or less lax cushions. Leaves 4-10 x 1-2-5 mm, spathulate or oblong-lanceolate with short, simple or forked hairs c. 1 mm, somewhat imbricate in rosettes at the ends of the shoots, not usually persistent after withering. Flowers solitary. Pedicels c. 5 mm, pubescent. Calyx 2-5 mm, pubescent. Corolla 4-6 mm in diameter, white or pink with a yellow throat. Seeds 1-2 mm. In = 40. Rocks and screes above 2000 m; somewhat calcicole. • C.& S. W. Alps, Pyrenees. Ga He Hs It.