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Arenaria purpurascens

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Ramond ex DC. Mat to low cushion-forming, 10-20cm in diameter. Leaves narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 5-10mm long, ciliate at the base. Flowers up to 1.4cm across, pale purple to white, in closely set clusters of two to four, late summer. Pyrenees, in dampish rocky places up to 2800m

a, A. montana; b, A. purpurascens; c, A. tetraqueta;