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Nov 17, 2012 12:34 PM CST
Name: Lori
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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valleylynn said:
I have this one that came as Androcase sarmentosa. It hasn't bloomed for me yet. Do you have it?
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Back to your question...
There's a whole lot of confusion over the names of some of these more commonly grown Androsace; you can get a hint of it here:
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php...
I'm not sure what the heck I'm growing either re. some of the more common ones that I bought long ago!

I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if you have the "real" A. sarmentosa or not. In any case, it doesn't look (the small rosettes in your photo, I mean) like what Wrightman's is selling as A. sarmentosa, which is said to be grown from a (recently) wild-collected source (as opposed to what's been passed around forever under this and a variety of mixed-up names):
http://www.wrightmanalpines.co...

Here are photos of A. sarmentosa, mostly from the wild, and some validated (presumably) IDs of plants in gardens. These plants are generally hairy and your plant appears to have only short, sparse hairs:
http://www.androsaceworld.com/...
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