Gaimardia setaceaHook.f.
Family:Centrolepidaceae
Description:Compact, dark brown, occasionally glaucescent herb forming cushions up to 900 mm across
Habitat:In the South Island strictly montane to alpine., in bogs. On Stewart Island in similar sites but at lower altitudes as well as alpine
| Form of cushion | TC | Tufted cushion, densely caespitose |
| Compactness | 1 | Compact, hard (peat-accumulating) |
| Variability | 0 | No variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 0 | Herbaceaous |
| Thorniness | 0 | No |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 1 | Short peduncle |
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