Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Androsace septentrionalis
Family: (Primulaceae)
(A/short-lived P) to 6″. Northern Fairy Candelabra. Northwestern US. A small basal rosette of oblong-lanceolate, notched leaves give rise to several erect stalks terminating in an open umbel of small white flowers. The rounded, slightly notched, five-petalled flowers with yellow-green centres are held in a five-pointed calyx with red tips. The umbel clusters in fruit are very Allium-esque. Sun and well-drained soil. 4 & T1