Small evergreen, spreading, domed subshrub to about 10 cm tall, with branches that root at the nodes. Leaves in a basal rosette. Flowers in fluffy heads on short stalks, lavender-white; summer. [G. cordifolia subsp. bellidifolia (Ten.) Hayek]

European Alps

 

Less frequently grown plants from the European Alps are G. cordifolia L., which is very similar but a smaller plant with smaller leaves; and G. nudicaulis L., which is a tufted plant that does not root at the nodes. G. bellidifolia is an illegitimate name used in the trade, the plants probably belonging to G. nudicaulis.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Globulariaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.