Androsace sarmentosa, the rock jasmine, is a perennial plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the Himalayas and Tibet. As its synonym Androsace studiosorum it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Description
Androsace sarmentosa can reach about in diameter. It forms deep-green evergreen compact rosettes of elliptic-oblanceolate leaves, in width, covered with short white hairs. Flowers are bright pink to purple with a yellow centre, in diameter, with umbels tall. It blooms from June to August.
Distribution and habitat
Androsace sarmentosa is native to the Himalayas, including Nepal, and Tibet. It prefers mixed forests, rocky slopes and open woodland, at an elevation above sea level.