Androsace tapete Maxim.
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
| 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 |
| CHC |
| CHN |
| CHQ |
| CHT |
| EHM |
| NEP |
| CHC-SC |
| CHN-GS |
| CHQ-OO |
| CHT-OO |
| EHM-BH |
| EHM-SI |
| NEP-OO |
