Cynanchica gussonei, also known as alpine woodruff, is a deciduous species of perennial groundcover, and a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae.[1] It was first described in 1831[2] and is endemic to Sicily.
Cynanchica gussonei appears as a small green moss-like plant, with small (1in) stemless pale pink flowers, it has a compact cushion of small, dark green, needle-like, leaves.
Cynanchica gussonei flowers around May-June, and grows best in a rock garden, trough or crevice.
Alpine woodruff was first named by Pierre Edmond Boissier