Primulaceae FAMILY

Androsace sarmentosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Androsace sarmentosa is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing one or more rosettes of leaves and often forming a lax mat of growth. The rosettes are 3 - 5cm in diameter with flowering stems 12 - 22cm tall. Stolons 5 - 8cm long arise from the leaf rosettes to form noew rosettes[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens, where it can be used as a ground cover.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayan regions of southern Tibet, Pakistan, India and Nepal

HabitatMixed forests and grassy slopes; at elevations from 2,800 - 4,000 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].