Chamaechaenactis scaposa (Eastw.) Rydb.

Family: Asteraceae

Description: densely cespitose, ± pulvinate; taproots deep; non-woody

Habitat: Dry, open, relatively barren silty to clay soils from shale (sometimes petroleum-bearing), sandstone, marl, or limestone, often armored by rocky, sandy, or gravelly overburden, usually in pinyon-juniper woodlands; 1400–2600 m

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Form of cushion TC Tufted cushion, densely caespitose
Compactness 0 Hollow, with canopy gaps
Variability 0 No variability
Root system P Single pivotal root
Woodiness 0 Herbaceaous
Thorniness 0 No
Succulence 0 No
Flowers 1 Short peduncle

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