Androsace filiformis

Taxobox
name = "Androsace filiformis"


image_width = 275px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Primulaceae
genus = "Androsace"
species = "A. filiformis"
binomial = "Androsace filiformis"
binomial_authority = Retz.

"Androsace filiformis" is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family known by the common names filiform rockjasmine and slender-stemmed androsace. It is an uncommon plant native to the western United States, where it grows in mountain meadows. It is also known from Eurasia. This is a small annual herb forming hairy to hairless patches up to 12 centimeters tall. The basal rosette contains finely toothed leaves up to 2 centimeters long, often much smaller, and oval to nearly triangular in shape. There are generally several open umbels of tiny five-lobed white flowers on long pedicels.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6393,6396,6398 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANFI USDA Plants Profile]