Androsace saussurei
Androsace saussurei is a plant species in the family Primulaceae. Taxonomy
Androsace saussurei was named after Horace Bénédict de Saussure, an eighteenth-century scientist from Geneva. The holotype was collected in Mont Blanc in Haute-Savoie of France. Description
Androsace saussurei is a perennial cushion plant species, usually  high and  in diameter. It is made of rosettes with diameters of . It has hairy lanceolate leaves, usually  long and  wide. The flowers are white to purplish,  in diameter. And the buds are often purplish as well. It typically flowers from June to August. Habitat and distribution
Androsace saussurei inhabit rock crevices on protogine and granite at elevations from , which is the highest elevation known for a vascular plant in Italy. It is endemic to the Western Alps (Mont Blanc, Gran Paradiso, Valais, Vanoise, Thabor). References

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Alpine flora
Flora of the Alps