Androsace saussureiAndrosace saussurei is a plant species in the family Primulaceae.TaxonomyAndrosace 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.DescriptionAndrosace 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 distributionAndrosace 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.