Androsace lactea, the milkwhite rock jasmine, is an alpine plant, in the family Primulaceae.
This plant produces rosettes of leaves with a diameter of about 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in).
The leaves are shining dark green, linear or lightly elliptic.
Flowers are white with a yellow centre, 10–12 millimetres (0.39–0.47 in) in diameter, with broadly notched petals.
[citation needed] This plant prefers limestone rocks, screes and meadows, at an elevation of 500–3,100 metres (1,600–10,200 ft) above sea level.