Pycnophyllum glomeratum Mattf.

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Description: Branches and branchlets erect, short, about 5 cm. long, the ultimate pulvinate or glomerulate; leaves densely imbricate; formed of erect, quadrangular branches to 5cm long, densely branched at the tips creating glomerules of tiny branchlets and closely pa

Habitat: at 4200-4500m (Chile), in moraines and dry sites at 4400-4600m (SE Peru)

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Form of cushion C Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion
Compactness 0_1 Intermediate
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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