Adesmia echinus C.Presl
Family: Fabaceae
Description: Dense to loosely cushion-forming shrublet, 2-30cm tall, often half buried, with prominent, ebony-coloured, one to three dichotomous spines at the branch tips
Habitat: in flattish dry stony slopes of loose soil at 2800-4000m
| Form of cushion | C_CL | Intermediate beetween C & CL types |
| Compactness | 0 | Hollow, with canopy gaps |
| Variability | 1 | Variability |
| Root system | NA | NA |
| Woodiness | 2 | Woody dwarf shrub |
| Thorniness | 1 | Yes |
| Succulence | 0 | No |
| Flowers | 0 | Flowers sessil |
| AGE |
| AGW |
| CLC |
| CLN |
| AGE-CO |
| AGW-CA |
| AGW-LR |
| AGW-ME |
| AGW-SJ |
| CLN-AN |
| CLN-AT |
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