Adesmia aegiceras Phil.

Family: Fabaceae

Description: Dense hemispherical cushion shrublet 10-50cm tall, with stout, branched spines at branch tips

Habitat: often a dominant of dry alpine steppe sand and stone fields at 1500-4000m

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Form of cushion C Hemispherical (dome shaped) cushion
Compactness 0_1 Intermediate
Variability 0 No variability
Root system NA NA
Woodiness 2 Woody dwarf shrub
Thorniness 1 Yes
Succulence 0 No
Flowers 0 Flowers sessil
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