Botanical atlas
Alpine Rock Jasmine
Androsace alpina
Alpine Rock Jasmine has never been a kitchen or medicine cabinet herb. It belongs instead to a different kind of tradition, the long love affair between mountain botanists and the tiny, tenacious plants that cling to life above the treeline. Since the eighteenth century, alpinists and rock gardeners have carried word (and sometimes seed) of this little cushion plant down from the high screes, prizing it for its ability to bloom cheerfully in places almost nothing else will grow. Its story is one of endurance and beauty rather than remedy.
In tradition.
Alpine Rock Jasmine has never been a kitchen or medicine cabinet herb. It belongs instead to a different kind of tradition, the long love affair between mountain botanists and the tiny, tenacious plants that cling to life above the treeline. Since the eighteenth century, alpinists and rock gardeners have carried word (and sometimes seed) of this little cushion plant down from the high screes, prizing it for its ability to bloom cheerfully in places almost nothing else will grow. Its story is one of endurance and beauty rather than remedy.
The tradition we can stand behind has no household remedy for this plant, so we list none. If that changes as the library grows, this page will grow with it.
Safety.
Alpine rock jasmine has no history of food or medicinal use and no safety data for ingestion, so treat it as an ornamental only and keep it away from children and pets.
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