Androsace villosa is an alpine plant, widespread in the mountains of Europe and Asia.

The typical form grown in gardens is a small tufted or mat-forming perennial, with rosettes of linear to elliptical leaves, up to 1.5 cm across.

The flowers, which are 6–10 mm in diameter, are in umbels on stems up to 3 cm tall.

They vary in colour from white to red-purple, with a pink or yellow eye.

[2] In the wild, A. villosa grows on limestone mountains in Europe and Asia, usually on rocky slopes above 1500 m.[2] Androsace villosa is widely grown in rock gardens.