Pycnophyllum glomeratumMattf.
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)
| 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 |
| AGW |
| CLN |
| PER |
| AGW-TU |
| CLN-TA |
| PER-OO |
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