Azorella monanthaClos

Family:Apiaceae

Description:Hard cushion or carpet-forming; woody cushion (http://www.eoearth.org/article/Southern_Andean_steppe?topic=49597)

Habitat:on summit flats, rocky slopes, heath scrub, grasslands, gravelly to sandy alpine and desert steppe from sea level to 3000m, according to latitude

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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 P Single pivotal root
Woodiness 1 Woody at base
Thorniness 0 No
Succulence 0 No
Flowers 0 Flowers sessil
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