Paepalanthus bonsai Trovo & Sano

Family: Eriocaulaceae

Description: Perennial herbs forming small dense cushions

Habitat: Rio Preto State Park, in the Espinhac¸o Range in Minas Gerais State. The species was collected at an altitude of approximately 1400 m, in an area of a rocky outcrop dominated by montane meadows (an open, grass-dominated area).

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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 0 Flowers sessil

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