Leontopodium aurantiacumHand.-Mazz.

Family:Asteraceae

Description:Herbs, perennial, pulvinate, ca. 2 cm tall. Rhizome slender, short and many branched. Stems numerous, usually shortly branched, with several leaves in middle and rosette leaves at apex, forming a mat of 12-60 cm in diam.

Habitat:Alpine stony meadows, gravelly slopes, cliffs; 3600-4000 m.

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Form of cushion F Low cushion
Compactness 0 Hollow, with canopy gaps
Variability 0 No variability
Root system NA NA
Woodiness 0 Herbaceaous
Thorniness 0 No
Succulence 0 No
Flowers 1 Short peduncle

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