Kelleria childii Heads
Family: Thymeleaceae
Description: subshrub, branching prolifically to form a very tight or accasionally a looser cushion up to 1m diameter and 40 ch high; surface of the cushion hard; roots developping along runners; leaves tightly appressed marcescent and forming the peat the roots are g
Habitat: stony ground, fell-field, herb-field and turf, at 1200-1800m; common in poorly drained areas
| Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 2 | Woody dwarf shrub |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |
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