Werneria pygmaea Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.

Family: Asteraceae

Description: Low firm cushion to hummock forming or mat-like contouring the ground or adjacent rocks

Habitat: in damp alpine turf or low vegetation and flushes with such plants as Hypsela, at 2500-5000m, lower in Patagonia

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Form of cushion C_F Intermediate beetween C & F types
Compactness 1 Compact, hard (peat-accumulating)
Variability 0_1 Intermediate
Root system R Rhizomes
Woodiness 0 Herbaceaous
Thorniness 0 No
Succulence 0 No
Flowers 0 Flowers sessil
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