Saxifraga androsacea, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 373

53. S. androsacea L. , Sp. Pl. 399 (1753) .

Leafy shoots caespitose, very short; nearly all the leaves apparently basal, in lax rosettes. Leaves 10-20 x 2-5 mm (including the scarcely distinct petiole), oblanceolate-spathulate, entire or very shortly 3-lobed, with a few long, mostly eglandular hairs on the margins and sometimes on the upper surface. Flowering stems 2-8 cm, bearing 1-3 flowers. Petals 5-7 mm, obovate-cuneate, obtuse or slightly emarginate, white. 2n = 16, c. 128. Snow-patches and damp, stabilized screes. Mountains of Europe, from Auvergne and C. Pyrenees to the Carpathians and S. W. Bulgaria. Al Au Bu Cz Ga Ge He Hs It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).