Pycnophyllum macropetalum Mattf.
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Description: perennial herb forming laxy cushions appressed to the soil (Correa); Cushions softly scaly- mossy, hemispherical, 9-25cm across by about half as high
Habitat: at the limit of vegetation, on exposed slopes, with Festuca chrysophylla and Stipa frigida, at 4500-4800m
| Form of cushion | C | Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion |
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
| 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-SA |
| CLN-AN |
| CLN-AT |
| CLN-TA |
| PER-OO |
