Androsace tapeteMaxim.

Family:Primulaceae

Description:When young this is a tightly cushion-forming species but with age, in the wild at least, it becomes a mat 15cm or more wide (AGS); Herbs perennial, forming compact moundlike cushions (eflora China)

Habitat:Dry meadows, gravelly mountain slopes; 3500--5000 m

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Form of cushion C Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion
Compactness 1 Compact, hard (peat-accumulating)
Variability 0 No variability
Root system P Single pivotal root
Woodiness 0 Herbaceaous
Thorniness 0 No
Succulence 0 No
Flowers 0 Flowers sessil
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