Short-lived perennial of the Plantaginaceae family, this cultivar was collected in the Picos de Europa, a limestone massif of the Cantabrian Mountains, in northern Spain, where Erinus alpinus grows in rock crevices and sunny screes, generally between 1,000 and 2,000 meters.
Its most notable characteristic is a complete and consistent miniaturization of the entire plant compared to the type species: the clumps rarely exceed 5 to 8 cm, but it is also the leaves and the flowers themselves that are proportionally smaller, giving the impression of a reduced version at all scales. This compactness is faithfully maintained in cultivation as well as in seeding, which is unusual and valuable. The spatulate, slightly toothed and pubescent leaves form very tight small rosettes. The flowers, borne on slender thin stems, are a bright pink-lilac to slightly purplish, with five notched petals, with a white eye characteristic of the genus.
In its natural habitat, its flowering extends from May to July depending on altitude. In cultivation on the plains, it begins as early as April.
It self-seeds freely in joints and crevices, maintaining its miniature form, making it an ideal companion for dry stone constructions and rock gardens on a reduced scale. Full sun, poor, limestone and perfectly drained substrate.