Launaea laniferaPau

Family:Asteraceae

Description:Cushion forming, spinescent rosette shrublet up to c. 40 cm high, with a strong taproot and a shortly branched, woody caudex carrying several, closely neighbouring leaf rosettes, axils of the former and present rosette leaves with a persisting white-lanat

Habitat:dry coastal mattoral

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Form of cushion C Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion
Compactness 0 Hollow, with canopy gaps
Variability 0 No variability
Root system P Single pivotal root
Woodiness 1 Woody at base
Thorniness 1 Yes
Succulence 0 No
Flowers 0 Flowers sessil

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