Youngia tenuicaulis (Babc. & Stebbins) Czerep.

Family: Asteraceae

Description: Shrublets 10-25 cm tall, cushion-forming, rosulate. Taproot woody. Caudex woody, branching with age, densely covered with residues of old leaf bases

Habitat: Grasslands on mountain slopes, gravelly areas; 1400-4900 m.

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Form of cushion C Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion
Compactness 0 Hollow, with canopy gaps
Variability 0 No variability
Root system NA NA
Woodiness 2 Woody dwarf shrub
Thorniness 0 No
Succulence 0 No
Flowers NA NA

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