Colobanthus subulatus (d'Urv.) Hook.f.
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Description: Forms compact cushions up to 25cm wide by 12cm high. Leaves 3-5 X 0.5-lmm, thick and leathery
Habitat: in the better drained and drier habitats in crevices, screes, heathland and feldmark, at sea level in the south of its range, to 3700m in the central Andes
| 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 |
| AGS |
| AGW |
| CLC |
| CLS |
| FAL |
| SGE |
| AGS-CB |
| AGS-RN |
| AGS-SC |
| AGS-TF |
| AGW-SJ |
| CLC-SA |
| CLS-AI |
| CLS-MG |
| FAL-OO |
| SGE-OO |
