Lithodraba mendocinensis (Hauman) Boelcke

Family: Brassicaceae

Description: A hard, domed hummock reaching 20cm in height and 60cm wide at maturity in the wild. ; A single cushion plant with about 4220 solitary flowers

Habitat: Cold and windy Andean and Patagonian dwarf cushion steppe on rocky, sandy and gravelly summits, often moulding itself to rock outlines at 1700-3500m

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Form of cushion C Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion
Compactness 1 Compact, hard (peat-accumulating)
Variability 0 No variability
Root system P Single pivotal root
Woodiness NA NA
Thorniness 0 No
Succulence 0 No
Flowers 0 Flowers sessil

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